Open AccessRadiation balance of the earth-atmosphere systems from satellite radiation measurements
Author(s) -
A. Mani
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
mausam
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.243
H-Index - 12
ISSN - 0252-9416
DOI - 10.54302/mausam.v22i3.4945
Subject(s) - earth's energy budget , environmental science , atmosphere (unit) , satellite , albedo (alchemy) , radiation , remote sensing , meteorology , atmospheric sciences , geology , physics , optics , art , astronomy , performance art , art history
Satellite radiation measurements have given for the first time direct global measurements of the radiation balance of the earth atmosphere system. The values of albedo, outgoing long wave radiation and the radiation balance obtained from satellite measurements agree fairly well with ground based and airborne measurements but more extensive aircraft and balloon borne measurements are necessary to check the quality of the results, particularly the tropics.