A possibility of determination of earth surface radiation budget from calculated and satellite data

Abstract

The possibility is considered ofusing calculated and satellite data in addition to the results of direct actinometric observations in order to maintain the series of Earth surface radiation budget and to study its spatial variability. The empirical relationships are obtained based on the regression analysis of atmospheric radiation and meteorological parameters using the data of long-term observations in Lomonosov Moscow State University Meteorological Observatory (MSU MO). Satellite data needed to compute the Earth surface radiation budget are compared with the respective data of ground-based observations in MSU MO, and the possibility of using them is assessed.