Comparison of Radiation Computations Using Observed and Estimated Precipitable Water
- 1 December 1976
- journal article
- Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of Applied Meteorology
- Vol. 15 (12) , 1319-1320
- https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1976)015<1319:corcuo>2.0.co;2
Abstract
Hourly values of total solar radiation are computed by two methods at 11 stations in all regions of the United States for a two-year period. In the first method, precipitable water is computed from radiosonde observations while in the second method it is estimated from surface dew point. Annual differences were 1% or less at 10 of the 11 stations and less than 2% at all stations for both years. Differences in individual months were also less than 2% at all stations with few exceptions.Keywords
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