Improvements to a simple physical model for estimating insolation from GOES data ( ozone absorption included).

Abstract

The simple physical model to estimate surface insolation from GOES data (described in Gautier et al., 1980) has been improved through some modifications to existing physics (Rayleigh scattering and water vapor absorption), and also the inclusion of ozone absorption, previously neglected. An empirical correction for clouds smaller than the GOES sensor field-of-view has also been introduced. -from Authors