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contributor authorOhring, George
contributor authorClapp, Philip F.
contributor authorHeddinghaus, Thomas R.
contributor authorKrueger, Arthur F.
date accessioned2017-06-09T14:22:41Z
date available2017-06-09T14:22:41Z
date copyright1981/11/01
date issued1981
identifier issn0022-4928
identifier otherams-18243.pdf
identifier urihttp://onlinelibrary.yabesh.ir/handle/yetl/4154227
description abstractMaps are presented showing the mean annual sensitivities of longwave and net radiation at the top of the atmosphere to changes in cloud amount for the region 60°N to 60°S. The maps are based on an analysis of a 45-month set of monthly mean radiation budget data for the years 1974?78 derived from the NOAA satellite scanning radiometers. The analysis technique is based on the regression method of Ohring and Clapp (1980), with some minor modifications. Both regionally and globally, the maps show that the albedo effect of clouds is greater than their greenhouse effect. The maps also suggest that the longwave sensitivity parameter might serve as a useful measure of the geographical distribution of effective cloud heights.
publisherAmerican Meteorological Society
titleThe Quasi-Global Distribution of the Sensitivity of the Earth-Atmosphere Radiation Budget to Clouds
typeJournal Paper
journal volume38
journal issue11
journal titleJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences
identifier doi10.1175/1520-0469(1981)038<2539:TQGDOT>2.0.CO;2
journal fristpage2539
journal lastpage2541
treeJournal of the Atmospheric Sciences:;1981:;Volume( 038 ):;issue: 011
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