Dear all,

I'm running a crop model across India, and need input solar radiation
data. So far I've been using the CRU climatological data, but I'd like to
use temporal data. There seem to be a number of satellite options (eg.
ERBE, CERES (not the crop model..)). I've also seen a poster by
Ramkrishnan and Ritchie at http://nowlin.css.msu.edu/ConfNov2000/posters/
which describes the production of solar radiation data from temperature
data, though I'm not sure what the quantity ETR is.

Any advice on the best option?

Andy

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