Abstract: AbstractThe representation of the long-term radiative energy budgets in NASA?s MERRA and MERRA-2 reanalyses has been evaluated, emphasizing changes associated with the reanalysis system update. Data from the CERES EBAF ...

Abstract: Causes of anisotropy in fair-weather cumulus cloud fields were investigated using quantitative measures of anisotropy and a large-eddy simulation (LES) model. Case six of the Global Energy and Water Cycle Experiment (GEWEX) ...

Abstract: now-covered mountain ranges are a major source of water supply for runoff and groundwater recharge. Snowmelt supplies as much as 75% of the surface water in basins of the western United States. Net radiative fluxes make ...

Abstract: Cumulus clouds can become tilted or elongated in the presence of wind shear. Nevertheless, most studies of the interaction of cumulus clouds and radiation have assumed these clouds to be isotropic. This paper describes an ...

Abstract: he benefit of using solar and longwave surface irradiance data from NASA?s Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy System (CERES) synoptic (SYN) satellite product in simulations of snowmelt has been examined. The accuracy ...

Abstract: bservations have revealed strong variability of shortwave (SW) irradiance at Earth?s surface on decadal time scales, referred to as global dimming and brightening. Previous studies have attributed the dimming and brightening ...