Geoscientific Model Development
Geoscientific Model Development
GMD
Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3975-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3975-2019
© Author(s) 2019. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Articles | Volume 12, issue 9
Model description paper
 | 
09 Sep 2019
Model description paper |  | 09 Sep 2019

Developing a monthly radiative kernel for surface albedo change from satellite climatologies of Earth's shortwave radiation budget: CACK v1.0

Ryan M. Bright and Thomas L. O'Halloran

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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-12-3975-2019-supplement

Data sets

A monthly shortwave radiative forcing kernel for surface albedo change using CERES satellite data R. M. Bright and T. L. O'Halloran https://doi.org/10.6073/pasta/d77b84b11be99ed4d5376d77fe0043d8

CERES EBAF-Surface Edition 4.0 CERES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA+AQUA/CERES/EBAF-SURFACE_L3B004.0

CERES EBAF-TOA Edition 4.0 CERES Science Team https://doi.org/10.5067/TERRA+AQUA/CERES/EBAF-TOA_L3B004.0

CAM3 radiative kernels K. M. Shell http://people.oregonstate.edu/~shellk/kernel.html

CAM5 Radiative Kernels A. G. Pendergrass https://www.earthsystemgrid.org/dataset/ucar.cgd.ccsm4.cam5-kernels.html

ECHAM6 CTRL kernel K. Block and T. Mauritsen https://swiftbrowser.dkrz.de/public/dkrz_0c07783a-0bdc-4d5e-9f3b-c1b86fac060d/Radiative_kernels/

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Short summary
To determine the effects of land cover change on climate, researchers must be able to quantify the net change in energy (radiation) at the top of the atmosphere caused by changes in surface reflectance (albedo). Historically, this was done with sophisticated models that require detailed input datasets only available to specialists. Here we combine existing remotely sensed datasets and a new formulation to create a new model that is accurate, transparent, and easy to use.
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