Estimate of the cloud and aerosol effects on the surface radiative flux based on the measurements and the transfer model calculations Part I: Shortwave forcing at Tateno, Japan

Abstract

In order to estimate the annual surface shortwave forcing by clouds+aerosols and aerosols, the short-wave flux from pyrheliometer and pyranometer measurements, atmospheric profiles from the radiosonde measurements, and aerosol optical properties retrieved from sky radiometer measurements were integrated with high-accuracy transfer model calculations. Yukari N. Takayabu, National Institute for Environmental Studies,.