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An earth longwave radiation climate model
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Yang, S. K. |
| Copyright Year | 1984 |
| Description | An Earth outgoing longwave radiation (OLWR) climate model was constructed for radiation budget study. Required information is provided by on empirical 100mb water vapor mixing ratio equation of the mixing ratio interpolation scheme. Cloud top temperature is adjusted so that the calculation would agree with NOAA scanning radiometer measurements. Both clear sky and cloudy sky cases are calculated and discussed for global average, zonal average and world-wide distributed cases. The results agree well with the satellite observations. The clear sky case shows that the OLWR field is highly modulated by water vapor, especially in the tropics. The strongest longitudinal variation occurs in the tropics. This variation can be mostly explained by the strong water vapor gradient. Although in the zonal average case the tropics have a minimum in OLWR, the minimum is essentially contributed by a few very low flux regions, such as the Amazon, Indonesian and the Congo. |
| File Size | 7480475 |
| Page Count | 197 |
| File Format | |
| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19850017673 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t9z07zs4f |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1984-12-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Interpolation Climatology Earth Radiation Budget Experiment Atmospheric Models Clouds Meteorology Satellite Observation Climate Models Radiative Transfer Water Vapor Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports ServerĀ (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |