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Spatial variability of outgoing longwave radiation

Authors :
Smith, G. L
Rutan, David
Publication Year :
1991
Publisher :
United States: NASA Center for Aerospace Information (CASI), 1991.

Abstract

Spatial distributions of day-to-day variations in the outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) are quantified by examining spatial variations in daily OLR data obtained from the Earth Radiation Budget Experiment scanning radiometer aboard the NOAA-9 meteorological satellite, in the form of daily maps and monthly radiation maps at 2.5 deg latitude-longitude scale. The results show that the variations of OLR during a month are markedly greater in the subtropics than they are in the mid and high altitudes. Results for October 1985 are presented.

Subjects

Subjects :
Geophysics

Details

Language :
English
Database :
NASA Technical Reports
Publication Type :
Report
Accession number :
edsnas.19920049499
Document Type :
Report