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Titel |
McClear: a new model estimating downwelling solar radiation at ground level in clear-sky conditions |
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M. Lefèvre, A. Oumbe, P. Blanc, B. Espinar, B. Gschwind, Z. Qu, L. Wald, M. Schroedter-Homscheidt, C. Hoyer-Klick, A. Arola, A. Benedetti, J. W. Kaiser, J.-J. Morcrette |
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Artikel
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Sprache |
Englisch
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ISSN |
1867-1381
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Erschienen |
In: Atmospheric Measurement Techniques ; 6, no. 9 ; Nr. 6, no. 9 (2013-09-17), S.2403-2418 |
Datensatznummer |
250085065
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Publikation (Nr.) |
copernicus.org/amt-6-2403-2013.pdf |
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Zusammenfassung |
A new fast clear-sky model called McClear was developed to estimate the
downwelling shortwave direct and global irradiances received at ground level
under clear skies. It is a fully physical model replacing empirical
relations or simpler models used before. It exploits the recent results on
aerosol properties, and total column content in water vapour and ozone
produced by the MACC project (Monitoring Atmosphere Composition and
Climate). It accurately reproduces the irradiance computed by the libRadtran
reference radiative transfer model with a computational speed approximately
105 times greater by adopting the abaci, or look-up table, approach
combined with interpolation functions. It is therefore suited for
geostationary satellite retrievals or numerical weather prediction schemes
with many pixels or grid points, respectively. McClear irradiances were
compared to 1 min measurements made in clear-sky conditions at several
stations within the Baseline Surface Radiation Network in various climates.
The bias for global irradiance comprises between −6 and
25 W m−2. The RMSE ranges from 20 W m−2 (3% of the mean
observed irradiance) to 36 W m−2 (5%) and the correlation
coefficient ranges between 0.95 and 0.99. The bias for the direct irradiance
comprises between −48 and +33 W m−2. The root mean square error (RMSE) ranges from
33 W m−2 (5%) to 64 W m−2 (10%). The correlation
coefficient ranges between 0.84 and 0.98. This work demonstrates the quality
of the McClear model combined with MACC products, and indirectly the quality
of the aerosol properties modelled by the MACC reanalysis. |
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