toa_outgoing_radiance
rejectedCreated: May 23, 2013
Proposer: Randy Horne
Proposed Date: 2013-04-03
Mailing list discussion did not reach conclusion on this one. Several more detailed toa_outgoing_radiance names were added in version 24.
Change Date: May 23, 2013, 10:16 a.m.
Term: toa_outgoing_radiance
Unit: W m-2 sr-1
Unit ref: http://vocab.ndg.nerc.ac.uk/term/P061/current/WMSS
AMIP:
GRIB:
"toa" means top of atmosphere. "outgoing" means emitted towards outer space. This quantity is the radiant power per unit area in a given direction per unit solid angle integrated over all wavelengths.
Change Date: Aug. 13, 2019, 12:16 p.m.
Term: toa_outgoing_radiance
Unit: W m-2 sr-1
Unit ref: WMSS
AMIP:
GRIB:
"toa" means top of atmosphere. "outgoing" means emitted towards outer space. This quantity is the radiant power per unit area in a given direction per unit solid angle integrated over all wavelengths.