Abstract: Using the shortwave radiation scheme of Fouquart and Bonnel that accounts for scattering and absorption by gases and cloud particles, we study the effect of varying the assumption for the overlap of partially cloudy layers, ...

Abstract: Scattering in the longwave domain has been neglected in the first generation of radiative codes and is still neglected in most current GCMs. Scattering in the longwave domain does not play any significant role for clear-sky ...

Abstract: The plane-parallel model for the parameterization of clouds in global climate models is examined in order to estimate the effects of the vertical profile of the microphysical parameters on radiative transfer calculations ...