… The RCMs will be directly compared with available ground-based measurements over the
continental USA. We evaluate the surface radiation budget in a variety of climate conditions, …

… of each data set, the evaluation period used in this … is to evaluate the components of the
surface radiation budget (SRB) in three regional climate models (RCMs) expanding the analysis …

… surface energy budget. Several climate model evaluations have attributed errors in the
surface radiation … This study provides a complementary analysis in understanding the RCMs …

… of three operational model suites and the National … regional, while the third one is global
with a variable grid with a resolution over North America that is equivalent to that of the regional …

… Climatological averages of surface radiation budget parameters, namely, the shortwave and
longwave surface radiative fluxes, have been derived for each month of the year on a global …

… The RCMs will be directly compared with available ground-based measurements over the
continental USA. We evaluate the surface radiation budget in a variety of climate conditions, …

… we evaluated the radiation budget at the earth’s surface and … compares the surface radiation
budget over North America of … The maximum of the surface albedo is set to 0.7 (snow cover …

… energy budget, and in studies that infer meridional heat transports. This study provides a
detailed error analysis … products [the monthly TOA/surface averages geostationary (SRBAVG-…

… column above Niamey, in the African Sahel region. The … world, but mostly in Europe and
North America. An important … spectral and broadband albedos evaluated over 16 day periods, at …

… models for the shortwave and longwave spectral regions, we … We have carried out a sensitivity
analysis of our model to the … , this term in the surface energy budget must be considered …