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Surface versus satellite measurements of total solar radiation at the earth's surface for the territory of russia
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Estimates of the systematic and random components of the deviations were obtained for the 27 most reliable actinometric stations representing all principal climate zones of Russia.Abstract:
Data from surface actinometric and corresponding satellite (ISCCP/SRB) observations of fluxes of incoming total short-wave radiation during 1985–1988 for the territory of Russia are compared. The delta-Eddington method was used in “reducing” observational data to the solar zenith angle at which the satellite measurements were made. Estimates of the systematic and random components of the deviations were obtained for the 27 most reliable actinometric stations representing all principal climate zones of Russia.read more
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ISCCP Cloud Data Products
TL;DR: The International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) began in July 1983 and has been used to produce a global cloud climatology since then as mentioned in this paper, including visible and infrared images from an international network of weather satellites.
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The delta-Eddington approximation for radiative flux transfer
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Modeling Surface Solar Irradiance for Satellite Applications on a Global Scale
Rachel T. Pinker,Istvan Laszlo +1 more
TL;DR: An early version of a physical model was modified and expanded to derive surface solar irradiance from satellite observations as mentioned in this paper, which can produce both direct and diffuse spectral components in the 0.2-4.0-micron interval.
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Spatial and temporal variability of global surface solar irradiance
TL;DR: In this paper, a fast scheme for computing surface solar irradiance using data from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) is proposed, which can reproduce the detailed global results from full radiative transfer model calculations to within 6 and 10 W/sq m over the ocean and land, respectively.
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Calculation of surface and top of atmosphere radiative fluxes from physical quantities based on ISCCP data sets: 1. Method and sensitivity to input data uncertainties
TL;DR: The uncertainty of upwelling longwave (LW) fluxes (approximately 10-20 W/m(exp 2), regional daily mean) is due to uncertainties in land surface albedo, whereas the largest uncertainty in downwelling shortwave (SW) flux at the surface (approximately equal 5-10 W/M(exp) 2, regional daily average) is related to cloud detection errors as discussed by the authors.
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