Publication Date:
2011-08-24
Description:
Clear-sky albedos and outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) determined from Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) scanners on board the earth radiation budget satellite and NOAA-9 spacecraft were analyzed for three target sites for the months February 1985-January 1987. The targets were oceans, deserts, and a multiscene site covering half the earth's surface. Year-to-year ratios of the monthly albedos and OLR were within the 0.98-1.02 range with a standard error of about 1%. The data indicate that ERBE scanner measurements were stable to within a few tenths of a percent for the two-year periods.
Keywords:
METEOROLOGY AND CLIMATOLOGY
Type:
Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology (ISSN 0739-0572); 10; 6; p. 827-832
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