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Atlas of albedo and absorbed solar radiation derived from nimbus 7 earth radiation budget data set, november 1985 to october 1987
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Smith Sr., G. Louis Bess, T. Dale Rutan, David |
| Copyright Year | 1992 |
| Description | An atlas of monthly mean global contour maps of albedo and absorbed solar radiation is presented for 21 months from Nov. 1985 to Oct. 1987. These data were retrieved from measurements made by the shortwave wide-field-of-view radiometer of the Earth Radiation Budget (ERB) instrument aboard the Nimbus 7 spacecraft. Profiles of zonal mean albedos and absorbed solar radiation were tabulated. These geographical distributions are provided as a resource for researchers studying the radiation budget of the Earth. The El Nino/Southern Oscillation event of 1986-1987 is included in this data set. This atlas of albedo and absorbed solar radiation extends to 12 years the period covered by two similar atlases: NASA RP-1230 (Jul. 1975 - Oct. 1978) and NASA RP-1231 (Nov. 1978 - Oct. 1985). These three compilations complement the atlases of outgoing longwave radiation by Bess and Smith in NASA RP-1185, RP-1186, and RP-1261, which were also based on the Nimbus 6 and 7 ERB data. |
| File Size | 3084533 |
| Page Count | 64 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19930001980 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t13n72p4x |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1992-10-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Meteorology And Climatology Tropical Meteorology Radiometers Albedo Earth Radiation Budget Nimbus 7 Satellite Relief Maps El Nino Atmospheric Radiation Solar Radiation Nimbus 6 Satellite Periodic Variations 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 |