Publication Date:
2011-08-18
Description:
A new technique is presented for generating downward longwave flux at the earth's surface from satellite meteorological data and a radiative transfer model. The technique was tested by using TIROS-N data from 41 passes over a ground site covering a period of one month. Satellite-derived fluxes were compared with those measured by a ground-based pyrgeometer during each overpass. The standard error of the satellite-derived fluxes relative to the mean ground-measured values was found to be 6.5 percent.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Journal of Climate and Applied Meteorology (ISSN 0733-3021); 22; 1956-196
Format:
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