Articles | Volume 7, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1661-2014
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-7-1661-2014
Model description paper
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14 Aug 2014
Model description paper |  | 14 Aug 2014

Decoupling the effects of clear atmosphere and clouds to simplify calculations of the broadband solar irradiance at ground level

A. Oumbe, Z. Qu, P. Blanc, M. Lefèvre, L. Wald, and S. Cros

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