The effect of cloud cover on surface net radiation: Simple formulae for use in mesoscale models
✍ Scribed by Peter Hurley; Reinout Boers
- Publisher
- Springer
- Year
- 1996
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 553 KB
- Volume
- 79
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0006-8314
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✦ Synopsis
The effect of cloud cover on surface net radiation is parameterised into simple formulae, which have been fitted to calculated results from a detailed radiation model for various single-layer cloud types. The detailed model uses cloud optical depth information from satellite data analysis as input. The formulae use functional forms based on some of those reported in the literature. The proposed formulae have been shown to compare well to results from the detailed model for various combinations of cloud at different height levels in the atmosphere. By analysis of optical depth variations throughout the world, the proposed formulae have been shown to be valid for any location, except perhaps near the poles.