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RISA Technique for Global Monitoring of Net Solar Irradiance at the Ocean Surface. Part I: Model
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: An algorithm based on radiative transfer theory is presented to generate the first accurate, long-term (84- month) climatology of net surface solar irradiance over the global oceans from Nimbus-7 earth radiation budget ...
Net Surface Solar Irradiance Variability in the Central Equatorial Pacific during 1982–1985
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: This paper examines the evolution of the net surface solar irradiance from March 1982 to October 1985 in an important region of the equatorial Pacific where the TROPIC HEAT Experiment took place (4.6°N to 7.4°S, 142.6° to ...
A Technique for Global Monitoring of Net Solar Irradiance at the Ocean Surface. Part II: Validation
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The present study constitutes the generation and validation of the first satellite-based, long-term record of surface solar irradiance over the global oceans. The record is generated using Nimbus-7 earth radiation budget ...
Downwelling Longwave Irradiance at the Ocean Surface: An Assessment of In Situ Measurements and Parameterizations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Two sets of ocean surface longwave irradiance measurements collected during the FASINEX and MILDEX experiments are analyzed for quality and variability studies. Using concomitant radiosonde data, the clear-sky contribution ...
Comparison of Nimbus-7 SMMR and GOES-1 VISSR Atmospheric Liquid Water Content
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Vertically integrated atmospheric liquid water content derived from Nimbus-7 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) brightness temperatures and from GOES-1 Visible and Infrared Spin-Scan Radiometer (VISSR) ...
Global Shortwave Energy Budget at the Earth's Surface from ERBE Observations
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A method is proposed to compute the net solar (shortwave) irradiance at the earth's surface from Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) data in the S4 format. The S4 data are monthly averaged broadband planetary albedo ...
Determination from Space of Atmospheric Total Water Vapor Amounts by Differential Absorption near 940 nm: Theory and Airborne Verification
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new technique is proposed to estimate atmospheric total water vapor amounts from space. The technique consists of viewing the Earth's surface in two spectral channels, one narrow, the other wide, centered on the same ...
A Comparison of Satellite and Emnpirical Formula Techniques for Estimating Insolation over the Oceans
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Surface insulation data collected during the Mixed Layer Dynamiccs Experiment are used to intercompare the satellite technique of Gautier et al. (1980) and five commonly referenced empirical formulas for estimating daily ...
Global Monitoring of Net Solar Irradiance at the Ocean Surface: Climatological Variability and the 1982–1983 El Niño
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new method has been used to generate the first satellite-based long-term climatology of surface solar irradiance over the world oceans. These monthly mean data cover the period November 1978 through October 1985 on a ...
Satellite-Derived Surface Radiation Budget over the African Continent. Part I: Estimation of Downward Solar Irradiance and Albedo
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Downward surface solar irradiance and albedo of the African continent are estimated from Meteosat B2 data at 30-km spatial resolution. The algorithm, based on Dedieu et al.?s approach, is verified against other satellite ...