In this data analysis activity, Students will use
longwave radiation data to determine whether the climate has changed in Portland, Oregon over a 20 year time span.
They used empirical outgoing
longwave radiation data to show that over a portion of the oceans (excluding land) trace - gas concentrations have gone up.
Not exact matches
According to CERES
data TOA IR or
longwave radiation from the TOA to space is increasing.
Their study uses a variety of
data sources to examine decadal variability of surface winds, water vapour (WV), outgoing
longwave radiation (OLR) and clouds.
Daily mean NCEP / NCAR reanalysis
data are used as atmospheric forcing, i.e., 10 - m surface winds, 2 - m surface air temperature (SAT), specific humidity, precipitation, evaporation, downwelling
longwave radiation, sea level pressure, and cloud fraction.
Chen, T., and W.B. Rossow, 2002: Determination of top - of - atmosphere
longwave radiation fluxes: A comparison between two approaches using ScaRaB
data.
Alastair McDonald had asked where you can get the empirical
data for downwelling and upwelling
longwave radiation (# 35) since I had said that such
data is extensive (# 30).