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An improved radiative transfer model for climate calculations
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Mlawer, Eli J. Sokolik, Irina N. Clough, Shepard A. Bergstrom, Robert W. Toon, Owen B. |
| Copyright Year | 1998 |
| Description | This paper presents a radiative transfer model that has been developed to accurately predict the atmospheric radiant flux in both the infrared and the solar spectrum with a minimum of computational effort. The model is designed to be included in numerical climate models To assess the accuracy of the model, the results are compared to other more detailed models for several standard cases in the solar and thermal spectrum. As the thermal spectrum has been treated in other publications, we focus here on the solar part of the spectrum. We perform several example calculations focussing on the question of absorption of solar radiation by gases and aerosols. |
| File Size | 874640 |
| Page Count | 23 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_20000034262 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t84j5f93h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1998-05-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Environment Pollution Solar Spectra Gases Rayleigh Scattering Aerosols Climate Models Radiative Transfer Mathematical Models Absorptivity Infrared Spectra Solar Radiation Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
