3D radiative transfer in weakly inhomogeneous medium. Part I: Diffusive approximation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 55, Issue 18, 1998, Pages 2946-2959

  Galinsky, V L ^a   Ramanathan, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ANALYTICAL METHOD; CLOUD; INHOMOGENEITY; OPTICAL PROPERTY; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE IMAGERY;

EID: 0032455020     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/1520-0469(1998)055<2946:RTIWIM>2.0.CO;2     Document Type: Article

References (20)

1. Cahalan, R. F., W. Ridgway, W. J. Wiscombe, T. L. Bell, and J. B. Snider, 1994a: The albedo of fractal stratocumulus clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 2434-2455.
2. _, _, _, S. Gollmer, and Harshvardhan. 1994b: Independent pixel and Monte Carlo estimates of stratocumulus albedo. J. Atmos. Sci., 51, 3776-3790.
3. Davis, A., A. Marshak, W. J. Wiscombe, and R. F. Cahalan, 1997a: Evidence for net horizontal radiative fluxes in marine stratocumulus. IRS '96: Current Topics in Atmospheric Radiation (Proceedings of the International Radiation Symposium). W. L. Smith and K. Stamnes, Eds., Deepak, 809-812.
4. _, _, R. F. Cahalan, and W. J. Wiscombe, 1997b: The LANDSAT scale-break in stratocumulus as a three-dimensional radiative transfer effect: Implications for cloud remote sensing. J. Atmos. Sci., 54, 241-260.
5. Evans, K. F., 1993: Two-dimensional radiative transfer in cloudy atmospheres: The spherical harmonic spatial grid method. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3111-3124.
6. _, 1998: The spherical harmonics discrete ordinate method for three-dimensional atmospheric radiative transfer. J. Atmos. Sci., 55, 429-446.
7. Gabriel, P. M., and K. F. Evans, 1996: Simple radiative transfer methods for calculating domain-averaged solar fluxes in inhomogeneous clouds. J. Atmos. Sci., 53, 858-877.
8. _, S.-C. Tsay, and G. L. Stephens, 1993: A Fourier-Riccati approach to radiative transfer Part I: Foundations. J. Atmos. Sci., 50, 3125-3147.
9. Lenoble, J., 1993: Atmospheric Radiative Transfer. Deepak, 532 pp.
10. Li, J. J. W. Geldart, and P. Chýlek, 1994: Perturbation solution for 3D radiative transfer in horizontally periodic inhomogeneous cloud field. J. Atmos. Sci. 51, 2110-2122.
11. _, _, and _, 1995: Second order perturbation solution for radiative transfer in clouds with a horizontally arbitrary periodic inhomogeneity. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer. 53, 445-456.
12. Liou, K. N., 1992: Radiation and Cloud Processes in the Atmosphere. Oxford University Press, 487 pp.
13. Loeb, N. G., and R. Davies, 1996: Observational evidence of plane parallel model biases: Apparent dependence of cloud optical depth on solar zenith angle. J. Geophys. Res., 101, 1621-1634.
14. _, and J. A. Coakley J., 1998: Inference of marine stratus cloud optical depths from satellite measurements. Does 1D theory apply? J. Climate. 11, 215-233.
15. _, T. Várnai, and R. Davies, 1997: The effect of cloud inhomogeneities on the solar zenith angle dependence of nadir reflectance. J. Geophys. Res., 102, 9387-9395.
16. Marshak, A., A. Davis, W. Wiscombe, and R. Cahalan, 1995: Radiative smoothing in fractal clouds. J. Geophys. Res., 100, 26247-26261.
17. Ramanathan, V., 1987: The role of earth radiation budget studies in climate and general circulation research. J. Geophys. Res., 92, 4075-4095.
18. Romanova, I., M., 1975: Radiation transfer in a horizontally inhomogeneous scattering medium. Izv. Acad. Sci. USSR, Atmos. Oceanic Phys., 11, 509-513.
19. _, 1996: Radiation transfer in vertically and horizontally inhomogeneous clouds, Izv. Acad. Sci. Russ. Atmos. Oceanic Phys., 31, 611-618.
20. Stephens, G. L., 1988: Radiative transfer through arbitrary shaped optical media. Part I: A general method of solution. J. Atmos. Sci., 45, 1818-1836.