The effect of vertical resolution on clear-sky radiation calculations: tests with two schemes

Petri Räisänen

doi:10.3402/tellusa.v48i3.12068

The effect of vertical resolution on clear-sky radiation calculations: tests with two schemes

Tellus

Volume 48 (1996): Issue 3

By: Petri Räisänen

Open Access

|Jan 1996

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