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Energy budget changes caused by varying solar angles, cloud scenarios, and air temperatures in contrasting landscapes

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The combination of two physically-based models of solar radiationcloud attenuation and a steady state surface energy budget made possible the systematic examination of the causal effects of varying solar altitudes, selected cloud types and amounts, and air temperatures on the resultant energy budget components extant in two contrasting (grassy and barren) landscapes. The grassy landscape reacted more conservatively to the forcing by changing solar angles, cloud, and air temperature regimes. The results are considered as universal and they are assumed to encompass many possible extremes encountered in the continuum formed by real world landscapes.

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  1. University of California Los Angeles, 90024, CA

    Werner H. Terjung &  Patricia A. O'Rourke (Post-Doctoral Scholar at UCLA)

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Terjung, W.H., O'Rourke, P.A. Energy budget changes caused by varying solar angles, cloud scenarios, and air temperatures in contrasting landscapes. Int J Biometeorol 27, 3–16 (1983). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02186296

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