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Absorption of Solar Radiation by the Cloudy Atmosphere: Further Interpretations of Collocated Aircraft MeasurementsWe have extended the interpretations made in two prior studies of the aircraft shortwave radiation measurements that were obtained as part of the Atmospheric Radiation Measurements (ARM) Enhanced Shortwave Experiments (ARESE). These extended interpretations use the 500 nm (10 nm bandwidth) measurements to minimize sampling errors in the broadband measurements. It is indicated that the clouds present during this experiment absorb more shortwave radiation than predicted by clear skies and thus by theoretical models, that at least some (less than or equal to 20%) of this enhanced cloud absorption occurs at wavelengths less than 680 nm, and that the observed cloud absorption does not appear to be an artifact of sampling errors nor of instrument calibration errors.
Document ID
19990032581
Acquisition Source
Langley Research Center
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Cess, R. D.
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY United States)
Zhang, Minghua
(State Univ. of New York Stony Brook, NY United States)
Valero, Francisco P. J.
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, CA United States)
Pope, Shelly K.
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, CA United States)
Bucholtz, Anthony
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, CA United States)
Bush, Brett
(Scripps Institution of Oceanography La Jolla, CA United States)
Zender, Charles S.
(National Center for Atmospheric Research Boulder, CO United States)
Date Acquired
August 19, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1998
Publication Information
Publication: Journal of Geographical Research
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-FG02-90ER-61063
CONTRACT_GRANT: DE-FG02-85ER-6013
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-1264
Distribution Limits
Public
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