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View article: Simulation of surface and top of atmosphere thermal fluxes and radiances from the radiative atmospheric divergence using the ARM Mobile Facility, GERB data, and AMMA Stations experiment
Simulation of surface and top of atmosphere thermal fluxes and radiances from the radiative atmospheric divergence using the ARM Mobile Facility, GERB data, and AMMA Stations experiment Open
Simultaneous observations of thermal radiative fluxes and radiances from the surface (Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Mobile Facility, Niamey) and top of atmosphere (Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument) during the Radi…
View article: Seasonal contrast in the surface energy balance of the Sahel
Seasonal contrast in the surface energy balance of the Sahel Open
Over much of the world, heating of the surface by sunlight is balanced predominately by evaporative cooling. However, at the Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) in Niamey, Niger, evaporation makes a significant co…
View article: Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger: 2. Radiative fluxes and divergences
Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger: 2. Radiative fluxes and divergences Open
Broadband shortwave and longwave radiative fluxes observed both at the surface and from space during the Radiative Atmospheric Divergence using ARM Mobile Facility, GERB data and AMMA Stations (RADAGAST) experiment in Niamey, Niger, in 200…
View article: Overview of the Dust and Biomass‐burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period‐0
Overview of the Dust and Biomass‐burning Experiment and African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis Special Observing Period‐0 Open
The African Monsoon Multidisciplinary Analysis (AMMA) is a major international campaign investigating far‐reaching aspects of the African monsoon, climate and the hydrological cycle. A special observing period was established for the dry s…
View article: U.K. HiGEM: The New U.K. High-Resolution Global Environment Model—Model Description and Basic Evaluation
U.K. HiGEM: The New U.K. High-Resolution Global Environment Model—Model Description and Basic Evaluation Open
This article describes the development and evaluation of the U.K.’s new High-Resolution Global Environmental Model (HiGEM), which is based on the latest climate configuration of the Met Office Unified Model, known as the Hadley Centre Glob…
View article: Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger: Meteorology and thermodynamic variables
Overview of observations from the RADAGAST experiment in Niamey, Niger: Meteorology and thermodynamic variables Open
An overview is presented of the meteorological and thermodynamic data obtained during the Radiative Atmospheric Divergence using Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility, Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) data, and…
View article: Sampling uncertainties in surface radiation budget calculations in RADAGAST
Sampling uncertainties in surface radiation budget calculations in RADAGAST Open
In the Radiative Atmospheric Divergence Using ARM Mobile Facility GERB and AMMA Stations (RADAGAST) project we calculate the divergence of radiative flux across the atmosphere by comparing fluxes measured at each end of an atmospheric colu…
View article: Evaluation of the Met Office global forecast model using Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) data
Evaluation of the Met Office global forecast model using Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) data Open
Simulations of the top‐of‐atmosphere radiative‐energy budget from the Met Office global numerical weather‐prediction model are evaluated using new data from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument on board the Meteosat‐8…
View article: The Arm Mobile Facility and Its First International Deployment: Measuring Radiative Flux Divergence in West Africa
The Arm Mobile Facility and Its First International Deployment: Measuring Radiative Flux Divergence in West Africa Open
The Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Mobile Facility (AMF) was recently developed to enable collection of detailed climate data in locations not currently sampled by ARM's five fixed sites. The AMF includes a comprehensive suite of …
View article: Observations of the diurnal cycle of outgoing longwave radiation from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument
Observations of the diurnal cycle of outgoing longwave radiation from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument Open
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget instrument on Meteosat‐8, located over Africa, provides unprecedented temporal sampling (∼17 minutes) of the broadband emitted thermal and reflected solar radiances. We analyse the diurnal cycle of …
View article: Exploitation of Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget data using simulations from a numerical weather prediction model: Methodology and data validation
Exploitation of Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget data using simulations from a numerical weather prediction model: Methodology and data validation Open
We describe a new methodology for comparing satellite radiation budget data with a numerical weather prediction (NWP) model. This is applied to data from the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) instrument on Meteosat‐8. The methodo…
View article: The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project
The Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget Project Open
This paper reports on a new satellite sensor, the Geostationary Earth Radiation Budget (GERB) experiment. GERB is designed to make the first measurements of the Earth's radiation budget from geostationary orbit. Measurements at high absolu…
View article: Correction to “Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear‐sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models”
Correction to “Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear‐sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models” Open
[1] In the paper “Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear-sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models” by Richard P. Allan, V. Ramaswamy, and A. Slingo (Journal …
View article: Correction to “Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts 15‐year reanalysis over the tropical oceans” by Richard P. Allan et al.
Correction to “Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts 15‐year reanalysis over the tropical oceans” by Richard P. Allan et al. Open
[1] In the paper “Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts 15-year reanalysis over the tropical oceans” by Richard P. Allan, A. Slingo, and V. Ramaswamy (Journal of Geophysical Research, 10…
View article: Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear‐sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models
Diagnostic analysis of atmospheric moisture and clear‐sky radiative feedback in the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models Open
The interannual variability of the hydrological cycle is diagnosed from the Hadley Centre and Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory (GFDL) climate models, both of which are forced by observed sea surface temperatures. The models produce a …
View article: Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts 15‐year reanalysis over the tropical oceans
Analysis of moisture variability in the European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts 15‐year reanalysis over the tropical oceans Open
We compare European Centre for Medium‐Range Weather Forecasts 15‐year reanalysis (ERA‐15) moisture over the tropical oceans with satellite observations and the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction (NCEP) National Center for A…
View article: Influence of Dynamics on the Changes in Tropical Cloud Radiative Forcing during the 1998 El Niño
Influence of Dynamics on the Changes in Tropical Cloud Radiative Forcing during the 1998 El Niño Open
Satellite measurements of the radiation budget and data from the U.S. National Centers for Environmental Prediction–National Center for Atmospheric Research reanalysis are used to investigate the links between anomalous cloud radiative for…
View article: Can current climate model forcings explain the spatial and temporal signatures of decadal OLR variations?
Can current climate model forcings explain the spatial and temporal signatures of decadal OLR variations? Open
Top of atmosphere broadband radiative fluxes derived from satellite measurements exhibit surprisingly large decadal variability in the tropics which appears to be related to changes in cloudiness. Climate models fail to reproduce these cha…
View article: Water Vapor Feedbacks in the ECMWF Reanalyses and Hadley Centre Climate Model
Water Vapor Feedbacks in the ECMWF Reanalyses and Hadley Centre Climate Model Open
Many studies have been made of the water vapor feedback, in both satellite data and climate model simulations. Most infer the magnitude of the feedback from the variability present in geographical distributions of the key variables, or fro…
View article: Climate model studies of sulphate aerosols and clouds
Climate model studies of sulphate aerosols and clouds Open
It is generally believed that increases in the atmospheric concentrations of greenhouse gases as a result of man's activities are leading to global warming. It is also believed that the same activities lead to increasing concentrations of …
View article: An Observational and Theoretical Study of Highly Supercooled Altocumulus
An Observational and Theoretical Study of Highly Supercooled Altocumulus Open
Two altocumulus clouds, which formed at a temperature of −30°C, were sampled using the NCAR King Air aircraft and coincident lidar during the 1986 FIRE cirrus experiment in Wisconsin. The clouds were structurally and thermodynamically simi…
View article: A GCM Parameterization for the Shortwave Radiative Properties of Water Clouds
A GCM Parameterization for the Shortwave Radiative Properties of Water Clouds Open
A new parameterization is presented for the shortwave radiative properties of water clouds, which is fast enough to be included in general circulation models (GCMs). It employs the simple relationships found by Slingo and Schrecker for the…
View article: Simulation of the Diurnal Cycle of Outgoing Longwave Radiation with an Atmospheric GCM
Simulation of the Diurnal Cycle of Outgoing Longwave Radiation with an Atmospheric GCM Open
Results are presented from an integration of the U.K. Meteorological Office 11-Layer Atmospheric General Circulation Model, with emphasis on the simulation of the diurnal cycle of the outgoing longwave radiation. The model reproduces many …
View article: Masthead
Masthead Open
LUNNON-on the consequences of non-negative absolute vorticity .