Comparison of the surface solar radiation budget derived from satellite data with that simulated by the NCAR CCM2

D. M. Ward

doi:10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<2824:COTSSR>2.0.CO;2

Comparison of the surface solar radiation budget derived from satellite data with that simulated by the NCAR CCM2

D. M. Ward

Atmospheric Sciences

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A comparison of the monthly mean shortwave surface radiation budget (SRB) obtained from the World Climate Research Program (WCRP) shortwave global dataset with that simulated by the National Center for Atmopsheric Research Community Climate Model version 2.0 (CCM2) is presented. WCRP/SRB data are derived from the International Satellite Cloud Climatology Project (ISCCP) C1 data using the Pinker algorithm. The largest discrepancies are found in the summer midlatitude regions where CCM2 overestimates surface solar fluxes relative to Pinker by as much as 100 W m^-2. Most of the differences are associated with deficiencies in CCM2's prediction of cloud optical properties and cloud amount.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	2824-2842
Number of pages	19
Journal	Journal of Climate
Volume	8
Issue number	11
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0442(1995)008<2824:COTSSR>2.0.CO;2
State	Published - 1995

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