A fast three-dimensional approximation for the calculation of surface irradiance in large-eddy simulation models

Journal of Applied Meteorology and Climatology

Volumn 47, Issue 12, 2008, Pages 3061-3071

  Wapler, Kathrin ^a,b,c   Mayer, Bernhard ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MELBOURNE   (Australia)

^c DEUTSCHER WETTERDIENST   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ONE DIMENSIONAL; OPTICAL PROPERTIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SENSITIVITY ANALYSIS; TABLE LOOKUP;

CLOUD OPTICAL THICKNESS; CLOUD RESOLVING MODEL; CLOUD-RADIATION INTERACTIONS; INDEPENDENT COLUMNS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; ROOT MEAN SQUARE DIFFERENCES; THREE-DIMENSIONAL CALCULATIONS; THREE-DIMENSIONAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

LARGE EDDY SIMULATION;

ALGORITHM; CLOUD RADIATIVE FORCING; DIFFUSION; IRRADIANCE; LARGE EDDY SIMULATION; OPTICAL PROPERTY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SOLAR RADIATION; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 65249164968     PISSN: 15588424     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2008JAMC1842.1     Document Type: Article

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