The sensitivity of the earth's radiation budget to changes in cloudiness |
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| Authors: | G Ohring P Clapp TR Heddinghaus AF Krueger |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Geophysics, Tel Aviv University, Ramat Aviv, Israel and Meteorological Satellite Laboratory, NOAA, NESS, Washington, D.C., USA;2. Climate Analysis Center, NWS, NOAA, Washington, D.C., USA |
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| Abstract: | Cloudiness modulates the radiation budget at the top of the Earth-atmosphere system. For radiation balance studies, for climate diagnostic studies, and for climate modeling studies, it is important to know the sensitivity of both the outgoing longwave radiation and the net (absorbed solar minus outgoing longwave) radiation of the system to changes in cloudiness on a global basis. Based on a 45 month series of NOAA satellite scanning radiometer observations, estimates of the global distribution of these sensitivity parameters are obtained. |
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