High-resolution satellite-based cloud-coupled estimates of total downwelling surface radiation for hydrologic modelling applications

Forman, B. A.; Margulis, S. A.

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High-resolution satellite-based cloud-coupled estimates of total downwelling surface radiation for hydrologic modelling applications

B. A. Forman and S. A. Margulis

B. A. Forman

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA

S. A. Margulis

Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of California at Los Angeles, Los Angeles, California, 90095, USA

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