Abstract: The goal of this study is to transform the Harrington radiation parameterization into a transfer scheme or lookup table, which provides essentially the same output (heating rate profile and short- and longwave fluxes at ...

Abstract: The multiresolution radiative transfer equations of Part I of this paper are solved numerically for the case of inhomogeneous model clouds using Meyer?s basis functions. After analyzing the properties of Meyer?s connection ...

Abstract: This paper outlines a radiation parameterization method for deriving broadband fluxes that is currently being implemented in a number of global and regional atmospheric models. The rationale for the use of the 2-stream ...

Abstract: This paper describes simple, computationally efficient methods of calculating 2-stream broadband fluxes and heating rates in the shortwave and longwave for multilayered media. The method, herein referred to as selection ...

Abstract: his paper presents results and analyses of applying an international space data compression standard to weather radar measurements that can easily span eight orders of magnitude and typically require a large storage capacity ...

Abstract: Different approaches for parameterizing the effects of vertical variability of cloudiness on radiative transfer are assessed using a database constructed from observations derived from lidar and millimeter cloud radar data ...

Abstract: The role of horizontal inhomogeneity in radiative transfer through cloud fields is investigated within the context of the two-stream approximation. Spatial correlations between cloud optical properties and the radiance ...

Abstract: Cirrus clouds play an important yet poorly determined role in the earth?s climate system and its various feedback mechanisms. As such, a significant amount of work has been accomplished both in understanding the physics ...

Abstract: The importance of accurately representing the role of clouds in climate change studies has become increasingly apparent in recent years, leading to a substantial increase in the number of satellite sensors and associated ...

Abstract: One of the major sources of uncertainty in climate studies is the detection of cirrus clouds and characterization of their radiative properties. Combinations of water vapor absorption channels (e.g., 1.38 µm), ice-water ...