Abstract: At low latitudes the seasonal variation in the radiation budget of the earth-atmosphere system is due largely to seasonal variability in cloudiness. Making use of this, we have estimated, from three different sets of ...

Abstract: We have taken an important first step in validating climate models by comparing model and satellite inferred clear sky TOA (top-of-atmosphere) albedos. Model albodos were computed on a 1° ? 1° latitude-longitude grid, ...