CHAPTER TWO
SIMPLE MODELS
OF THE RADIATION BALANCE
OF THE EARTH- ATMOSPHERE SYSTEM


SECTION ONE


Images of GLOBE Data
HTML NASA/Mesoscale Atmospheric Processes Branch
Images include current cloud cover, precipitation, a lbedo, vegitation cover, etc... from different views of all over the earth. Lea ve off "globe/" on the address to get the homepage and get some samples of other images.

Climate and Radiation
HTML NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center

Outgoing Longwave Radiation
HTML NASA/EOS Project Science Office
Gif of longwave radiation, 1986-1987. Also, an explanation of longwave radiation.

Daily Total Solar Irradiance
HTML NOAA/NGDC
Daily Total Solar Irradiance from 1979 to 1994

SECTION THREE


Weather Cameras
HTML WeatherNet
Views of clouds from many other locations around the country are also available on the University of Michigan's WetherNet Weather Cam page.

Clouds and the Energy Cycle
HTML NASA
NASA Fact: A fact sheet on the role of clouds in the radiation balance is available from NASA. This information inlcudes color schematics similar to those presented in this section.