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Radiative Flux (FC + FD) Dataset Documentation and Publications

Rossow, W.B., and Y.-C. Zhang, 1995, Documentation of Radiative Flux Dataset (FC). Download document 117 Kbytes PS (11 pages).

Zhang, Y.-C., W. B. Rossow and A. A. Lacis, 1995, Calculation of surface and top of atmosphere radiative fluxes from physical quantities based on ISCCP data sets: 1. Method and sensitivity to input data uncertainties. J. Geophys. Res. 100, 1149-1165. (Read abstract.)

Rossow, W. B., and Y.-C. Zhang, 1995, Calculation of surface and top of atmosphere radiative fluxes from physical quantities based on ISCCP data sets: 2. Validation and first results. J. Geophys. Res. 100, 1167-1197. (Read abstract.)

Zhang, Y-C., W.B. Rossow, A.A. Lacis, V. Oinas, and M.I. Mishchenko, 2004. Calculation of radiative fluxes from the surface to top of atmosphere based on ISCCP and other global data sets: Refinements of the radiative transfer model and the input data. J. Geophys. Res., 109, (27 pp). Download PDF document and Auxiliary Material files (MS Word format).


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