Solar Radiation Received by Slopes Using COMS Imagery, a Physically Based Radiation Model, and GLOBE

Table 3

Description of parameters used for estimation of satellite-based insolation.

	Parameter	Reference
	Sun-earth distance
	Sun-earth distance (annual mean)
	Ratio of forward to total scattering by aerosols	Robinson [35]
	Solar constant	Frohlich and Wehrli [36]
	Incident solar constant
	Total insolation
	Topographically corrected total insolation
	Diffuse irradiance
	Topographically corrected diffuse irradiance
	Diffuse irradiance due to scattering by aerosols	Paltridge and Platt [37]
	Direct irradiance	Paltridge and Platt [37]
	Topographically corrected direct irradiance
	Diffuse irradiance due to Rayleigh scattering	Paltridge and Platt [37]
	Absorption of water vapor	Lacis and Hansen [28]
	Solar zenith angle
	Solar azimuth angle
	Transmittance due to attenuation by aerosols	Frouin et al. [27]
	Transmittance due to absorption by ozone	Lacis and Hansen [28]
	Transmittance due to Rayleigh scattering	Kizu [26]
	Single scattering albedo