FUNCEME-COSPAR Training and capacity building course on Earth Fortaleza 2010 Alejandra Molina Departamento de Geofísica
Wind Database Circulation Characteristics WRF 1km Resolution Modeling Short time Forecast
The development of a metodology to estimate the incident solar radiation on the surfece of Chile, between 17 °S and 42 °S, in a 1 km spatial resolution
SURFACE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE ? ? ?
Number of Bands Spectral Range Absortive Gases Type of Scattering 1 - 7UV: O3 Rayleigh O2 CO2 8VIS: O3 Rayleigh H2O O2 CO IR: H2O Rayleigh O2 CO2
Temperature Specific Humidity Liquid Water & Ice Profiles Aerosols CO2 Ozone WRF Model Climatological Profiles CLIRAD Surface Irradiance
Height LWC Top of cloud Column liquid water content GOES CLOUDSAT TRMM lapse rate α Profiles parametersSource Clouds Theory Stratocummulus
Summer Winter
Chou, Suarez A Solar Radiation Parametrization for Atmospheric Studies, NASA Tech Memo , Vol 15 Gautier, Diak, Masse A Simple Physical Model to Estimate Incident Solar Radiation at the Surface from GOES Satellite Data. Journal of Applied Meteorology. Thanks!