Radiation flux tables for ICRCCM using the GLA GCM radiation codes

Content Provider	Semantic Scholar
Author	Harshvardhan
Copyright Year	1986
Abstract	Th is document cons is ts o f tabulated values o f longwave and shortwave r a d i a t i o n f l u x e s and a l s o coo l i ng and heat ing ra tes i n t h e atmosphere f o r standard atmospheric p r o f i l e s . The r a d i a t i o n codes used i n t h e Goddard general c i r c u l a t i o n model were employed f o r t h e computations. These r e s u l t s were obta ined f o r an i n t e r n a t i o n a l intercomparison p r o j e c t c a l l e d ICRCCM (Intercomparison o f Rad ia t ion Codes i n Cl imate Models). R A D I A T I O N FLUX TABLES FOR ICRCCM USING THE GLA GCM RADIATION CODES V The f o l l o w i n g t a b l e s were prepared f o r a p r o j e c t c a l l e d t h e Intercomparison o f Rad ia t ion Codes i n Climate Models (ICRCCM, 1984). Table 1 gives t h e atmospher ic p r o f i l e s used i n t h e model. They are based on standard p r o f i l e s from McCl atchey e t a1 . (1972) except t h a t s t r a t o s p h e r i c water vapor m i x i ng r a t i o s have been f i x e d a t a constant prescribed value. Water vapor and ozone mix ing r a t i o s are i n g/g and t h e a l t i t u d e i s i n km. l e v e l s a t which f l u x e s were computed whereas t h e i n t e r p o l a t e d p r o f i l e s g i ve l a y e r mean q u a n t i t i e s t h a t were used i n t h e r a d i a t i o n code. Table 2 gives t h e longwave f l u x e s and divergences f o r t h e var ious c l e a r sky cases t h a t were run f o r ICRCCM. The boxed values r e f e r t o t h e surface, tropopause and model top, which were t h e requ i red l eve l s f o r t h e intercomparison. Although cool i n g ra tes were not requ i red f o r t he p r o j e c t , they have been inc luded i n t h i s
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