3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres

✍ Scribed by W.J. Wiscombe (auth.), Alexander Marshak, Anthony Davis (eds.)

Publisher: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg
Year: 2005
Tongue: English
Leaves: 688
Series: Physics of Earth and Space Environments
Edition: 1
Category: Library

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✦ Synopsis

Developments in three-dimensional cloud radiation over the past few decades are assessed and distilled into this contributed volume. Chapters are authored by subject-matter experts who address a broad audience of graduate students, researchers, and anyone interested in cloud- radiation processes in the solar and infrared spectral regions. After two introductory chapters and a section on the fundamental physics and computational techniques, the volume extensively treats two main application areas: the impact of clouds on the Earth's radiation budget, which is an essential aspect of climate modeling; and remote observation of clouds, especially with the advanced sensors on current and future satellite missions.

✦ Table of Contents

Scales, Tools and Reminiscences....Pages 3-92
Observing Clouds and Their Optical Properties....Pages 93-150
A Primer in 3D Radiative Transfer....Pages 153-242
Numerical Methods....Pages 243-281
Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer Part 1: Resolved Variability and Phenomenology....Pages 283-340
Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer Part 2: Unresolved Variability and Climate Applications....Pages 343-383
3D Radiative Transfer in Stochastic Media....Pages 385-424
Effective Cloud Properties for Large-Scale Models....Pages 425-448
Broadband Irradiances and Heating Rates for Cloudy Atmospheres....Pages 449-486
Longwave Radiative Transfer in Inhomogeneous Cloud Layers....Pages 487-519
3D Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties....Pages 523-541
Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing....Pages 543-586
Photon Paths and Cloud Heterogeneity: An Observational Strategy to Assess Effects of 3D Geometry on Radiative Transfer....Pages 587-616
3D Radiative Transfer in Vegetation Canopies and Cloud-Vegetation Interaction....Pages 617-651

✦ Subjects

Geophysics/Geodesy; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences; Meteorology/Climatology

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