Long-term global distribution of earth's shortwave radiation budget at the top of atmosphere
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Long-term global distribution of earth’s shortwave radiation budget at the top of atmosphere N. Hatzianastassiou , A. Fotiadi, Ch. Matsoukas, K. Pavlakis, E. Drakakis , D. Hatzidimitriou , and I. Vardavas 3 Laboratory of Meteorology, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Department of Physics, University of Crete, Crete, Greece Department of Electrical Engineering, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Received: 12 February 2004 – Accepted: 18 March 2004 – Published: 14 May 2004 Correspondence to: N. Hatzianastassiou ([email protected])
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