Global relationships among the earth's radiation budget, cloudiness, volcanic aerosols, and surface temperature

Journal Article · Thu Oct 01 00:00:00 EDT 1992 · Journal of Climate; (United States)

DOI:https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1992)005<1120:GRATER>2.0.CO;2· OSTI ID:6823717

Ardanuy, P E; Kyle, H L; Hoyt, D ^[1]

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1. Research and Data Systems Corp., Greenbelt, MD (United States) NASA, Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, MD (United States)

Global relationships among the earth's radiation budget, cloudiness, solar constant, volcanic aerosols, and surface temperature are analyzed using data obtained by the Nimbus-7 spacecraft. It was found that these parameters were interrelated on interannual time scales, demonstrating that the interannual variability in the earth's climate (i.e., radiation budget) is detectable and observable by current spaceborne instruments. The degree of global interannual variation is on the order of tenths of percent. 41 refs.

• OSTI ID: 6823717
• Journal Information: Journal of Climate; (United States), Vol. 5:10; ISSN 0894-8755
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
CLIMATE MODELS
TIME-SERIES ANALYSIS
CLOUD COVER
GLOBAL ASPECTS
EARTH CRUST
TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION
AERIAL MONITORING
AEROSOLS
ANNUAL VARIATIONS
ENERGY BALANCE
NIMBUS SATELLITES
VOLCANIC GASES
COLLOIDS
DISPERSIONS
FLUIDS
GASES
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
MATHEMATICS
MONITORING
SATELLITES
SOLS
VARIATIONS
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