Brief accuracy assessment of aerosol climatologies for the retrieval of solar surface radiation

Atmosphere

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 959-972

  Mueller, Richard ^a   Träger Chatterjee, Christine ^a  

^a DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

Aerosol climatology; Direct irradiance; Global irradiance

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SOLAR ENERGY; SOLAR RADIATION; SUN; WEATHER FORECASTING;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL OPTICAL DEPTHS; DIRECT IRRADIANCE; GLOBAL IRRADIANCE; INTERANNUAL VARIATION; OBSERVATIONAL DATA; REMOTE SENSING DATA; SOLAR SURFACE IRRADIANCES;

CLIMATOLOGY;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; ANNUAL VARIATION; CLIMATOLOGY; IRRADIANCE; RADIATIVE FORCING; REMOTE SENSING; SATELLITE DATA; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84919771123     PISSN: None     EISSN: 20734433     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3390/atmos5040959     Document Type: Article

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