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Jin et al. 2014
, C. Lukachin, Y. Roberts, B. Wielicki, D. Feldman, and W. Collins, 2014: Interannual variability of the Earth's spectral solar reflectance from measurements and simulations. J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 119, no. 8, 4458-4470, doi:10.1002/2013JD021056.
The mean solar spectral reflectance averaged over large spatiotemporal scales is an important climate benchmark data product proposed for the Climate Absolute Radiance and Refractivity Observatory mission. The interannual variability of these reflectances over the ocean is examined through satellite?measured hyperspectral data and through satellite instrument emulation based on model simulation. Such large domain?averaged reflectances show small interannual variation, usually under few percent, depending on the latitude region and spatiotemporal scale used for averaging. Although the interannual variation is usually less than the absolute accuracy of model calculation, the model simulated interannual variations are consistent with the measurements because most of the modeling errors in the reflectance averaged in large climate domains are systematic and are canceled out in the interannual difference spectra. The interannual variability is also shown to decrease as the temporal and spatial scales increase. Both the observational data and the model simulations show that the natural variability in the annual mean reflectance is about 50% lower than that in the monthly mean over all spectra. The interannual variability determined from observations in large climate domains also compares favorably with that from the climate Observing System Simulation Experiment based on climate model simulations; both show a standard deviation of less than 1% of the mean reflectance across all spectra for global and annual average over the ocean.
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@article{ji04100o,
author={Jin, Z. and Lukachin, C. and Roberts, Y. and Wielicki, B. and Feldman, D. and Collins, W.},
title={Interannual variability of the Earth's spectral solar reflectance from measurements and simulations},
year={2014},
journal={Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres},
volume={119},
number={8},
pages={4458--4470},
publisher={Wiley-Blackwell},
doi={10.1002/2013JD021056},
}
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TY - JOUR ID - ji04100o AU - Jin, Z. AU - Lukachin, C. AU - Roberts, Y. AU - Wielicki, B. AU - Feldman, D. AU - Collins, W. PY - 2014 TI - Interannual variability of the Earth's spectral solar reflectance from measurements and simulations JA - J. Geophys. Res. Atmos. JO - Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres VL - 119 IS - 8 SP - 4458 EP - 4470 DO - 10.1002/2013JD021056 PB - Wiley-Blackwell ER -
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