The role of surface albedo in the parameterization of the relationship between system and surface absorbed solar radiation

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OSTI ID:182826

Major, G ^[1]

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1. 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; TRN: IM9608%%191
• Resource Relation: Conference: International conference on global climate change: science, policy and mitigation strategies, Phoenix, AZ (United States), 5-8 Apr 1994; Other Information: PBD: 1994; Related Information: Is Part Of Global climate change: Science, policy, and mitigation strategies. Proceedings of the Air and Waste Management Association international specialty conference; Mathai, C.V. [ed.] [Arizona Public Service Co., Phoenix, AZ (United States)]; Stensland, G. [ed.] [Illinois State Water Survey, Champaign, IL (United States)]; PB: 1117 p.
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

Related Subjects

54 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES
SOLAR RADIATION
MATHEMATICAL MODELS
ALBEDO
MONITORING
EARTH ATMOSPHERE
EXPERIMENTAL DATA
CLIMATES