toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky_and_reference_mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air

accepted
Created: 10 Sep 2024
Proposer: Fiona O'Connor
Proposed Date: 2024-08-29
#213
Change Date: 10 Sep 2024, 4:09 p.m.
Term: toa_outgoing_shortwave_flux_assuming_clear_sky_and_reference_mole_fraction_of_methane_in_air
Unit: W m-2
Unit ref: UFAA
AMIP:
GRIB:
The abbreviation "toa" means top of atmosphere. The term "shortwave" means shortwave radiation. The TOA outgoing shortwave flux is the reflected and scattered solar radiative flux i.e. the "upwelling" TOA shortwave flux, sometimes called the "outgoing shortwave radiation" or "OSR". In accordance with common usage in geophysical disciplines, "flux" implies per unit area, called "flux density" in physics. A phrase "assuming_condition" indicates that the named quantity is the value which would obtain if all aspects of the system were unaltered except for the assumption of the circumstances specified by the condition. "Clear sky" means in the absence of clouds.