Accounting for subgrid-scale cloud variability in a multi-layer 1D solar radiative transfer algorithm

Quarterly Journal of the Royal Meteorological Society

Volumn 125, Issue 553, 1999, Pages 301-330

  Oreopoulos, Lazaros ^c   Barker, Howard W ^a,b  

^a ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^b DALHOUSIE UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c NONE

Author keywords

Inhomogeneity; Parametrization; Solar radiation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; CLIMATE MODELING; CLOUD; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SOLAR RADIATION;

EID: 0032913971     PISSN: 00359009     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/qj.49712555316     Document Type: Article

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