Parameterization of surface incoming radiation in tropical cloudy conditions
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- 1 March 1979
- journal article
- research article
- Published by Taylor & Francis in Atmosphere-Ocean
- Vol. 17 (1) , 14-23
- https://doi.org/10.1080/07055900.1979.9649048
Abstract
Values of incoming solar and long‐wave radiation measured at the vessel Quadra during the three phases of GATE are used to assess the daily performance of three models, one for solar and two for long‐wave radiation. The solar radiation model, which uses data on precipitable water and cloud amount at three levels in the atmosphere performed satisfactorily during the first phase but gave poor results in the other two phases when cumulonimbus became more dominant. Both the flux‐emissivity approach using measured and interpolated Upper air data and Paltridge's empirical procedure produced estimates of long‐wave radiation which compared very closely with the measurements.Keywords
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