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Monthly means of reflected solar flux from POLDER (ADEOS‐1) and comparison with ERBE, ScaRaB and CERES
Author(s) -
Viollier Michel,
Standfuss Carsten,
Parol Frédéric
Publication year - 2002
Publication title -
geophysical research letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 2.007
H-Index - 273
eISSN - 1944-8007
pISSN - 0094-8276
DOI - 10.1029/2001gl014255
Subject(s) - albedo (alchemy) , environmental science , flux (metallurgy) , diurnal cycle , climatology , atmosphere (unit) , atmospheric sciences , meteorology , geography , geology , chemistry , art , organic chemistry , performance art , art history
A diurnal cycle model is applied to POLDER instantaneous albedo determinations (Nov. 1996–June 1997) in order to compute daily and monthly means of the reflected flux at the top of the atmosphere. These results are compared to the ERBE, ScaRaB and CERES records. The quantitative comparison of the tropical means shows that the POLDER reflected flux density is on average lower by about 7 Wm −2 compared to ERBE (1985–1989) and ScaRaB‐1 (1994–1995) and by 2.7 Wm −2 compared to ScaRaB‐2 (Nov. 1998–March 1999) and CERES/Terra (2000–). The maps of POLDER albedo reveal strong deviations in the tropical Pacific. They correspond to the beginning of the 1997–1998 ENSO event.