Abstract: A biosphere model based on the Biosphere-Atmosphere Transfer Scheme (BATS) and the Saltzman-Vernekar (SV) statistical-dynamical climate model is developed. Some equations of BATS are adopted either intact or with modifications, ...

Abstract: Spectral and broadband radiances and irradiances (fluxes) were measured from surface, airborne, and spaceborne platforms in the Chesapeake Lighthouse and Aircraft Measurements for Satellites (CLAMS) campaign. The radiation ...

Abstract: An improvement was developed and tested for surface longwave flux algorithms used in the Clouds and the Earth?s Radiant Energy System processing based on lessons learned during the validation of global results of those ...