Radiation Budget Parameters at the Top of the Earth's Atmosphere from METEOSAT Data

1 December 1982

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Applied Meteorology

Vol. 21 (12) , 1907-1921
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1982)021<1907:rbpatt>2.0.co;2

Abstract

This paper presents a method to derive radiation budget parameters (albedo and emitted longwave flux) at the top of the atmosphere from the three-band METEOSAT images. Model calculations are used to correct for the anisotropic radiance distribution and for spectral integration. Some results are presented to quality-check the employed model assumptions and to show examples of diurnal changes in the radiation fluxes over various regions.

Keywords

ALBEDO
DATA THIS PAPER
EARTH'S ATMOSPHERE
METEOSAT DATA
RADIATION BUDGET PARAMETERS