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Atmospheric attenuation of solar radiation at Adelaide
Author(s) -
Lyons T. J.,
Forgan B. W.
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49710143021
Subject(s) - attenuation , radiation , environmental science , atmospheric sciences , turbidity , meteorology , aerosol , geography , optics , geology , physics , oceanography
Attenuation of solar radiation at Adelaide is estimated by a comparison of simultaneous readings taken at an urban and semi‐rural site. These show that the city contributes over one‐third of the total turbidity and the role of the aerosol layer is to scatter rather than absorb solar radiation.