Comparing Observations and Calculations of Radiation During the RADAGAST Experiment
Nazim Bharmal | ESSC, University of Reading |
Anthony Slingo | University of Reading |
Jeffery Settle | University of Reading |
Gary Robinson | Environmental Systems Science Centre |
Helen White | Environmental Systems Science Centre, University of Reading |
Category: Modeling
The Radiative Divergence using ARM Mobile Facility (AMF), Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB), and African Monsoon Mutidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) Stations (RADAGAST) experiment offers a joint surface-top-of-the-atmosphere (TOA) dataset of high-time resolution radiative flux (surface) and radiance (TOA) measurements. These measurements are from the ARM Climate Facility (ACRF) AMF deployment to Niamey, Niger, in 2006 (surface) and the GERB instrument (TOA) aboard Meteosat-8. The resulting surface-TOA flux estimates are compared with model calculations, the latter includes moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer (MODIS) estimates of surface heterogeneity over the spatial cover of the satellite footprint. The model results are, therefore, a best estimate that avoid systematic biases at the surface. The efficacy of the GERB radiance-to-flux conversion was also studied to understand errors at the TOA. Results are shown from both shortwave (SW) and longwave (LW) wavebands, and the consequences for atmospheric divergence calculations are discussed.
http://radagast.nerc-essc.ac.uk/
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