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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1021-2018
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https://doi.org/10.5194/os-14-1021-2018
© Author(s) 2018. This work is distributed under
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the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License.
Downwelling surface solar irradiance in the tropical Atlantic Ocean: a comparison of re-analyses and satellite-derived data sets to PIRATA measurements
Mélodie Trolliet
CORRESPONDING AUTHOR
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. – Centre Observation, Impacts, Energy, Sophia Antipolis, France
Jakub P. Walawender
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Bernard Bourlès
IRD/LEGOS, Brest, France
Alexandre Boilley
Transvalor, Mougins, France
Jörg Trentmann
Deutscher Wetterdienst, Offenbach, Germany
Philippe Blanc
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. – Centre Observation, Impacts, Energy, Sophia Antipolis, France
Mireille Lefèvre
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. – Centre Observation, Impacts, Energy, Sophia Antipolis, France
Lucien Wald
MINES ParisTech, PSL Research University, O.I.E. – Centre Observation, Impacts, Energy, Sophia Antipolis, France
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