EcoHydRology (version 0.3.7)

AtmosphericEmissivity: Atmospheric Emissivity

Description

The emissivity of the atmsophere [-]

Usage

AtmosphericEmissivity(airtemp, cloudiness)

Arguments

airtemp

Air temperature: air temperature [C]

cloudiness

Cloudiness: fraction of the sky covered in clouds [-]

Value

• The emissivity of the atmsophere [-]

References

Campbell, G. S., Norman, J.M., 1998. An Introduction to Environmental Biophysics, seconded., Springer, New York, p. 286.

Examples

temp=15
clouds=.5
AtmEm=AtmosphericEmissivity(temp,clouds)
print(AtmEm)


## The function is currently defined as
function(airtemp,cloudiness){
# the emissivity of the atmsophere [-]

#airtemp: air temperature [C]
#cloudiness: fraction of the sky covered in clouds [-]

return((0.72+0.005*airtemp)*(1-0.84*cloudiness)+0.84*cloudiness)
  }