Seasonal cloud-radiative forcing over land and ocean derived from ERBE satellitesEarth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) data are analyzed to determine seasonal variations of radiative parameters. Particular attention is given to annual variations of the top-of-the atmosphere zonally averaged outgoing long-wave (LW) and absorbed short-wave (SW) flux, as well as the short- and long-wave components of cloud-radiative forcing. The ERBE results reveal significant seasonal variations in both outgoing LW and absorbed SW flux, and a pronounced difference between oceanic and continental surfaces.
Document ID
19910034494
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Harrison, Edwin F. (NASA Langley Research Center Hampton, VA, United States)
Gibson, Gary G. (Lockheed Engineering and Sciences Co. Hampton, VA, United States)