Effects of aerosols on clear-sky solar radiation in the ALADIN-HIRLAM NWP system

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 16, Issue 9, 2016, Pages 5933-5948

  Gleeson, Emily ^a   Toll, Velle ^b,c   Pagh Nielsen, Kristian ^d   Rontu, Laura ^e   Mašek, Ján ^f  

^a Irish Meteorological Service   (Ireland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TARTU   (Estonia)

^c Estonian Environment Agency   (Estonia)

^d DANISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^e FINNISH METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Finland)

^f CZECH HYDROMETEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL; CLEAR SKY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RELATIVE HUMIDITY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; WEATHER FORECASTING;

EID: 84969834526     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-16-5933-2016     Document Type: Article

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