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Tsvetsinskaya, E. A., C. B. Schaaf, F. Gao, A. H. Strahler, and R. E. Dickinson, 2006: Spatial and temporal variability in Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer derived surface albedo over global arid regions, J. Geophys. Res., 111, D20106, doi:10.1029/2005JD006772. [ Available via http://www-modis.bu.edu/brdf/userguide/publications.html]

Viollier, M. and A. B. Rehouma, 2006: TOA radiation over Africa: comparisons between different missions and products. 6th CERES-II Science Team Meeting, October 25-27, 2006 UK Met Office, Exeter, United Kingdom. [View PDF file]

Wang, Z., M. Barlage, X. Zeng, R. E. Dickinson, C. B. Schaaf, 2005: The solar zenith angle dependence of desert albedo, Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L05403, doi:10.1029/2004GL021835. [ Available via http://www-modis.bu.edu/brdf/userguide/publications.html]

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Wild, M., 2007: Decadal changes in surface radiative fluxes and their importance in the context of global climate change (accepted for publication in: Climate Variability and Extremes during the Past 100 years, Advances in Global Change Research, Editors Stefan Brönnimann et al.)

Wild, M., A. Ohmura, K. Makowski, 2007: Impact of global dimming and brightening on global warming. Geophys. Res. Lett., 34, L04702, doi:10.1029/2006GL028031.

Wild, M., and E. Roeckner, 2006: Radiative fluxes in ECHAM5. J. Climate, 19, 3792-3809.

Wild, M., 2005: Solar radiation budgets in atmospheric model intercomparisons from a surface perspective. Geophys. Res. Lett., 32, L07704, doi:10.1029/ 2005GL022421.

Wild, M., H. Gilgen, A. Roesch, A. Ohmura, C. N. Long, E. G. Dutton, B. Forgan, A. Kallis, V. Russak, A. Tsvetkov, 2005: From Dimming to Brightening: Decadal Changes in Solar Radiation at Earth's Surface. Science. Vol. 308, no. 5723, pp. 847-850. 6 May 2005. DOI: 10.1126/science.1103215.

Wild, M., A. Ohmura, H. Gilgen, and D. Rosenfeld, 2004: On the consistency of trends in radiation and temperature records and implications for the global hydro-logical cycle. Geophys. Res. Lett., 31, L11201, doi: 10.1029/2003GL019188.

Wild, M., Ohmura, A., Gilgen, H., Morcrette, J.J., and Slingo, A., 2001: Evaluation of downward longwave radiation in General Circulation Models. J. Climate, 14, 3227-3239.

Wild, M., 2001: Collocated surface and satellite observations as constraints for Earth radiation budget simulations with global climate models. Advances in Global Change Research, 7, 85-102.

Wild, M., 1999: Discrepancies between model-calculated and observed atmospheric shortwave absorption in areas with high aerosol loadings. J. Geophys. Res., 104 (D22), 27361-27371.

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Wild, M., Ohmura, A., Gilgen, H., and Morcrette, J.J., 1998b: The distribution of solar energy at the earth's surface as calculated in the ECMWF re-analysis. Geophys. Res. Lett., 25, 4373-4376.

Wild, M., Ohmura, A., Gilgen, H., and Roeckner, E., 1995a: Validation of GCM simulated radiative fluxes using surface observations. J. Climate, 8, 1309-1324.

Wong, T., B. A. Wielicki, R. B. Lee, III, G. L. Smith, K. A. Bush, and J. K. Willis, 2006: Re-examination of the Observed Decadal Variability of Earth Radiation Budget using Altitude-corrected ERBE/ERBS Nonscanner WFOV data. J. Climate, 19, 4028-4040.[Available via http://asd-www.larc.nasa.gov/~tak/wong/f20.pdf]

Wong, T., B. A. Wielicki, R. B. Lee, G. L. Smith, K. A. Bush, and J. K. Willis, 2006: An updated report on the decadal variability of Earth Radiation Budget using the latest ERBE/ERBS WFOV Nonscanner data record. 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, 10 -14 July 2006, Madison, WI, American Meteorological Society. [View PDF file]

Younkin, K. and C. N. Long, 2004: Improved Correction of IR Loss in Diffuse Shortwave Measurements: An ARM Value Added Product, Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Program Technical Report, ARM TR-009, 50 pp. [Available via http://www.arm.gov/publications/techreports.stm]

Zamora, R.J., E.G. Dutton, M. Trainer, S.A. McKeen, J.M. Wilczak,and Y-T Hou, 2005: The accuracy of solar irradiance calculations used in mesoscale numerical weather prediction. Mon. Wea. Rev., 133, 783-792.

Zamora, R.J., S. Solomon, E.G. Dutton, J.W. Bao, M. Trainer, R.W. Portmann, A.B. White, D.W. Nelson, and R.T. McNider, 2003: Comparing MM5 radiative fluxes with observations gathered during the 1995 and 1999 Nashville Southern Oxidants Studies, J Geophys. Res., 108 (D2), 4050, doi:10.1029/2002JD002122.

Zhang, T., P. W. Stackhouse, S. K. Gupta, S. J. Cox, J. C. Mikovitz, L. M. Hinkelman, M. Wild, and A. Ohmura, 2006: Long-term validation and variability of the shortwave and longwave radiation data of the GEWEX Surface Radiation Budget (SRB) project. 12th Conference on Atmospheric Radiation, 10 -14 July 2006, Madison, WI, American Meteorological Society. [View PDF file]

Zhang, X., M. A. Friedl, C. B. Schaaf, A. H. Strahler, Z. Liu, 2005: Monitoring the response of vegetation phenology to precipitation in Africa by coupling MODIS and TRMM instruments, J. Geophys. Res., 110, D12103, doi:10.1029/2004JD005263. [ Available via http://www-modis.bu.edu/brdf/userguide/publications.html]

Zhang, Y., W. B. Rossow, P. W. Stackhouse, Jr., A. Romanou and B. A. Wielicki, 2007: Decadal Variations of Global Energy and Ocean Heat Budget, and Meridional Energy Transports Inferred from Recent Global Datasets, J. Geophys. Res. (Accepted)

Zhang, Y., W. B. Rossow, P. W. Stackhouse Jr, 2007: Comparison of different global information sources used in surface radiative flux calculation: Radiative properties of the surface. Journal of Geophysical Research. D. Atmospheres, Vol. 112, no. D1, Jan 2007, DOI: 10.1029/2005JD007008.

Zhang, Y., W. B. Rossow, P. W. Stackhouse Jr, 2006: Comparison of different global information sources used in surface radiative flux calculation: Radiative properties of the near-surface atmosphere. Journal of Geophysical Research, D. Atmospheres, Vol. 111, no. D13, Jul 2006, DOI: 10.1029/2005JD006873.