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RISThe Impact of Model Resolution on Differences between Independent Column Approximation and Monte Carlo Estimates of Shortwave Surface Irradiance and Atmospheric Heating Rate
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: Within general circulation models (GCMs), domain average radiative fluxes are computed using plane-parallel radiative transfer algorithms that rely on cloud overlap schemes to account for clouds not resolved at the horizontal ...
A Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer Model to Investigate the Solar Radiation within a Cloudy Atmosphere. Part I: Spatial Effects
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: A new Monte Carlo?based three-dimensional (3D) radiative transfer model of high spectral and spatial resolution is presented. It is used to investigate the difference in broadband solar radiation absorption, top-of-the-atmosphere ...
THE I3RC: Bringing Together the Most Advanced Radiative Transfer Tools for Cloudy Atmospheres
Publisher: American Meteorological Society
Abstract: The interaction of clouds with solar and terrestrial radiation is one of the most important topics of climate research. In recent years it has been recognized that only a full three-dimensional (3D) treatment of this ...