ESTIMATING SURFACE LONGWAVE RADIATION AND APPLICATIONS TO HIGH LATITUDE ISSUES

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dc.contributor.advisorPinker, Rachel Ten_US
dc.contributor.authorNussbaumer, Ericen_US
dc.contributor.departmentAtmospheric and Oceanic Sciencesen_US
dc.contributor.publisherDigital Repository at the University of Marylanden_US
dc.contributor.publisherUniversity of Maryland (College Park, Md.)en_US
dc.date.accessioned2012-07-06T11:33:17Z
dc.date.available2012-07-06T11:33:17Z
dc.date.issued2012en_US
dc.description.abstractTwo models, with distinct advantages for calculating downwelling surface longwave (DSLW) radiation under all sky conditions are presented. Both models are driven with a combination of Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level-3 cloud parameters and information from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-Interim model. To compute the clear sky component of DSLW the first model DSLW/UMD v1 utilizes a globally applicable parameterization. The second generation model DSLW/UMD v2 utilizes a two layer feed-forward artificial neural network with sigmoid hidden neurons and linear output neurons. When computing the cloud contribution to DSLW, DSLW/UMD v1 implements a commonly used statistical model to calculate cloud vertical height while in DSLW/UMD v2 the cloud base temperature is estimated by using an independent artificial neural network based on spatially and temporally co- located MODIS and Cloudsat Cloud Profiling Radar (CPR) and the Cloud-Aerosol Lidar and Infrared Pathfiner Satellite Observation (CALIPSO) Cloud-Aerosol Lidar with Orthogonal Polarization (CALIOP) observations. Daily average estimates of DSLW for 2003 to 2009 are compared against ground measurements from the Baseline Surface Radiation Network (BSRN) and show significant improvements over currently available model estimates. DSLW/UMD v2 as optimized for Polar Regions along with a UMD develop shortwave model are used to investigate the role of radiative components in Arctic sea ice anomalies. The correlation between downwelling surface longwave and shortwave radiation and sea ice anomaly for the period from 2003 to 2007 is investigated using the latest Moderate Resolution Imagining Spectroradiometer (MODIS) level-3 cloud parameters and information from the European Centre for Medium-Range Weather Forecasts (ECMWF) ERA-Interim model. All sky downwelling surface longwave radiation (DSLW), all sky downwelling shortwave radiation (DSSW), all sky total downwelling shortwave and longwave radiation (DSSW + DSLW), and cloud total cloud forcing are individually examined to determine their respective correlation to sea ice anomaly. It is determined that these radiation components are not the primary drivers for major sea ice anomalies that occur during the investigated time frame within the 120o E to 210o E region.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1903/12577
dc.subject.pqcontrolledAtmospheric sciencesen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledLongwaveen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledNeural Networksen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledRadiationen_US
dc.subject.pquncontrolledSatelliteen_US
dc.titleESTIMATING SURFACE LONGWAVE RADIATION AND APPLICATIONS TO HIGH LATITUDE ISSUESen_US
dc.typeDissertationen_US

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