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Impact of cirrus on the surface radiative environment at the FIRE ETLA Palisades, NY siteFIRE Extended Time Limited Area (ETLA) observations provide year round information critical to gaining a better understanding of cloud/climate interactions. The Lamont/Rutgers team has participated in the ETLS program through the collection and analysis of shortwave and longwave downwelling irradiances at Palisades, NY. These data are providing useful information on surface radiative fluxes with respect to sky condition, solar zenith angle and season. Their utility extends to the calibration and validation of cloud/radiative models and satellite cloud and radiative retrievals. The impact cirrus clouds have on the surface radiative environment is examined using Palisades ETLA information on atmospheric transmissivities and downwelling longwave fluxes for winter and summer cirrus and clear sky episodes in 1987.
Document ID
19900018954
Acquisition Source
Legacy CDMS
Document Type
Conference Paper
Authors
Robinson, David A.
(Rutgers Univ. New Brunswick, NJ., United States)
Kukla, George
(Columbia Univ. Palisades, NY., United States)
Frei, Allan
(Lamont-Doherty Geological Observatory Palisades, NY., United States)
Date Acquired
September 6, 2013
Publication Date
July 1, 1990
Publication Information
Publication: NASA, Langley Research Center, FIRE Science Results 1989
Subject Category
Meteorology And Climatology
Accession Number
90N28270
Funding Number(s)
CONTRACT_GRANT: NAG1-653
Distribution Limits
Public
Copyright
Work of the US Gov. Public Use Permitted.
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