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Measurements of the earth radiation budget from satellites during the first GARP global experimentRadiation budget data (which will aid in climate model development) and solar constant measurements (both to be used for the study of long term climate change and interannual seasonal weather variability) are presented, obtained during Nimbus-6 and Nimbus-7 satellite flights, using wide-field-of-view, scanner, and black cavity detectors. Data on the solar constant, described as a function of the date of measurement, are given. The unweighed mean amounts to 1377 + or - 20 per sq Wm, with a standard deviation of 8 per sq Wm. The new solar data are combined with earlier measurements, and it is suggested that the total absolute energy output of the sun is a minimum at 'solar maximum' and vice versa. Attention is given to the measurements of the net radiation budget, the planetary albedo, and the infrared radiant exitance. The annual and semiannual cycles of normal variability explain most of the variance of energy exchange between the earth and space. Examination of separate ocean and atmospheric energy budgets implies a net continent-ocean region energy exchange.
Document ID
19810051731
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Reprint (Version printed in journal)
Authors
Vonder Haar, T. H.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Campbell, G. G.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Smith, E. A.
(Colorado State University Fort Collins, Colo., United States)
Arking, A.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Coulson, K.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Hickey, J.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
House, F.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Ingersoll, A.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Jacobowitz, H.
(Colorado State Univ. Fort Collins, CO, United States)
Smith, L.
(NASA Goddard Space Flight Center Greenbelt, Md., United States)
Date Acquired
August 11, 2013
Publication Date
January 1, 1981
Subject Category
Geophysics
Accession Number
81A36135
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS5-22959
CONTRACT_GRANT: NSF ATM-78-07148
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAS1-15553
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
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