The role of surface albedo in the parameterization of the relationship between system and surface absorbed solar radiation
Book
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OSTI ID:182826
- Hungarian Meteorological Service, Budapest (Hungary)
The radiation budget of the atmosphere, its layers and the surface is one of the basic forces in the climate and weather processes. A surface solar radiation budget database could be derived from satellite measurements using different parameterization between the top of atmosphere (TOA) and surface solar radiation budget values. The proposed parameterizations suggest that the role of surface albedo is not significant; therefore it should not be taken into account. In this paper an empirical validation is made of the proposed model-based parameterizations using Nimbus-7 and ERBE satellites and the corresponding surface data. It is shown that the role of surface albedo cannot be neglected.
- OSTI ID:
- 182826
- Report Number(s):
- CONF-940426--; ISBN 0-923204-11-3
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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