Long-term global distribution of Earth's shortwave radiation budget at the top of atmosphere
dc.contributor.author | Hatzianastassiou, N. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Fotiadi, A. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Matsoukas, C. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Pavlakis, K. G. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Drakakis, E. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Hatzidimitriou, D. | en |
dc.contributor.author | Vardavas, I. | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2015-11-24T18:42:09Z | |
dc.date.available | 2015-11-24T18:42:09Z | |
dc.identifier.issn | 1680-7324 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | https://olympias.lib.uoi.gr/jspui/handle/123456789/17737 | |
dc.rights | Default Licence | - |
dc.subject | general-circulation model | en |
dc.subject | data sets | en |
dc.subject | solar-radiation | en |
dc.subject | satellite-observations | en |
dc.subject | cloud climatology | en |
dc.subject | experiment erbe | en |
dc.subject | energy-balance | en |
dc.subject | land-surface | en |
dc.subject | gcm | en |
dc.subject | dataset | en |
dc.title | Long-term global distribution of Earth's shortwave radiation budget at the top of atmosphere | en |
heal.abstract | The mean monthly shortwave ( SW) radiation budget at the top of atmosphere (TOA) was computed on 2.5degrees longitude-latitude resolution for the 14-year period from 1984 to 1997, using a radiative transfer model with long-term climatological data from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP-D2) supplemented by data from the National Centers for Environmental Prediction - National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCEP-NCAR) Global Reanalysis project, and other global data bases such as TIROS Operational Vertical Sounder (TOVS) and Global Aerosol Data Set ( GADS). The model radiative fluxes at TOA were validated against Earth Radiation Budget Experiment (ERBE) S4 scanner satellite data ( 1985 - 1989). The model is able to predict the seasonal and geographical variation of SW TOA fluxes. On a mean annual and global basis, the model is in very good agreement with ERBE, overestimating the outgoing SW radiation at TOA (OSR) by 0.93 Wm(-2) (or by 0.92%), within the ERBE uncertainties. At pixel level, the OSR differences between model and ERBE are mostly within +/- 10Wm(-2), with +/- 5Wm(-2) over extended regions, while there exist some geographic areas with differences of up to 40 Wm(-2), associated with uncertainties in cloud properties and surface albedo. The 14-year average model results give a planetary albedo equal to 29.6% and a TOA OSR flux of 101.2 Wm(-2). A significant linearly decreasing trend in OSR and planetary albedo was found, equal to 2.3 Wm(-2) and 0.6% ( in absolute values), respectively, over the 14-year period ( from January 1984 to December 1997), indicating an increasing solar planetary warming. This planetary SW radiative heating occurs in the tropical and sub-tropical areas (20degreesS - 20degrees N), with clouds being the most likely cause. The computed global mean OSR anomaly ranges within +/- 4Wm(-2), with signals from El Nino and La Nina events or Pinatubo eruption, whereas significant negative OSR anomalies, starting from year 1992, are also detected. | en |
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heal.journalName | Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics | en |
heal.journalType | peer reviewed | - |
heal.language | en | - |
heal.publicationDate | 2004 | - |
heal.recordProvider | Πανεπιστήμιο Ιωαννίνων. Σχολή Επιστημών και Τεχνολογιών. Τμήμα Βιολογικών Εφαρμογών και Τεχνολογιών | el |
heal.type | journalArticle | - |
heal.type.el | Άρθρο Περιοδικού | el |
heal.type.en | Journal article | en |
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