Neural network radiative transfer solvers for the generation of high resolution solar irradiance spectra parameterized by cloud and aerosol parameters

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 168, Issue , 2016, Pages 176-192

  Taylor, M ^a   Kosmopoulos, P G ^a   Kazadzis, S ^a,b   Keramitsoglou, I ^a   Kiranoudis, C T ^a,c  

^a NATIONAL OBSERVATORY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

^b WORLD RADIATION CENTER   (Switzerland)

^c NATIONAL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF ATHENS   (Greece)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Clouds; Neural networks; Radiative transfer; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; BUDGET CONTROL; CLOUDS; GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITES; NEURAL NETWORKS; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; TABLE LOOKUP;

HIGH SPATIAL RESOLUTION; HIGH SPECTRAL RESOLUTION; METEOROLOGICAL CONDITION; METEOSAT SECOND GENERATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SATELLITE CLOUD DATA; SOLAR RADIATION BUDGETS; SPINNING ENHANCED VISIBLE AND INFRARED IMAGER;

SOLAR RADIATION;

AEROSOL; ARTIFICIAL NEURAL NETWORK; CLOUD; IRRADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE DATA; SEVIRI; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 84944226596     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.08.018     Document Type: Article

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