Confronting Models with Atmospheric Radiation Measurement Data: A Statistical Comparison of Southern Great Plains Atmospheric Emitted Radiance Interferometer Radiance Spectra and Global Climate Models Output

J.A. Dykema, S.S. Leroy, B.F. Farrell, and J.G. Anderson Harvard University Division of Engineering and Applied Science Cambridge, Massachusetts D. Tobin, R. Knuteson, and H. Revercomb University of Wisconsin – Madison Space Science and Engineering Center Madison, Wisconsin X. Huang National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration – Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory Princeton University Forrestal Campus Princeton, New Jersey