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Earth radiation budget measurements from satellites and their interpretation for climate modeling and studies
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Stephens, G. L. Vonderhaar, T. H. Campbell, G. G. |
| Copyright Year | 1980 |
| Description | The annual and seasonal averaged Earth atmosphere radiation budgets derived from the most complete set of satellite observations available are presented. The budgets were derived from a composite of 48 monthly mean radiation budget maps. Annually and seasonally averaged radiation budgets are presented as global averages and zonal averages. The geographic distribution of the various radiation budget quantities is described. The annual cycle of the radiation budget was analyzed and the annual variability of net flux was shown to be largely dominated by the regular semi and annual cycles forced by external Earth-Sun geometry variations. Radiative transfer calculations were compared to the observed budget quantities and surface budgets were additionally computed with particular emphasis on discrepancies that exist between the present computations and previous surface budget estimates. |
| File Size | 2262975 |
| Page Count | 59 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19800014420 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3rv5c98d |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1980-04-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Radiometers Climatology Energy Budgets Satellite-borne Instruments Geographic Distribution Earth Radiation Budget Mathematical Models Periodic Variations Earth Surface Radiative Heat Transfer Terrestrial Radiation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
