Satellite estimations of the solar radiation flux at the surface
Abstract
The daily cumulative insolation in a large variety of cloud cases can be estimated within 9 percent of the mean insolation. Satellite capabilities almost equal those of pyranometers at vastly improved spatial resolutions. A pronounced correlation is found between insolation and both zenith angle and cloudiness. Methods of this type will soon be implemented at low cost with small personal computers that could be used as dedicated processors.
- Publication:
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Climatology and Space Observations
- Pub Date:
- September 1987
- Bibcode:
- 1987cso..rept..383G
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Models;
- Cloud Cover;
- Satellite Observation;
- Solar Radiation;
- Atmospheric Heat Budget;
- Data Processing;
- Insolation;
- Microcomputers;
- Radiative Heat Transfer;
- Geophysics