Radiative flux and forcing parameterization error in aerosol-free clear skies

Geophysical Research Letters

Volumn 42, Issue 13, 2015, Pages 5485-5492

  Pincus, Robert ^a,b   Mlawer, Eli J ^c   Oreopoulos, Lazaros ^d   Ackerman, Andrew S ^e   Baek, Sunghye ^f,g   Brath, Manfred ^h   Buehler, Stefan A ^h   Cady Pereira, Karen E ^c   Cole, Jason N S ⁱ   Dufresne, Jean Louis ^f   Kelley, Maxwell ^e,j   Li, Jiangnan ⁱ   Manners, James ^k   Paynter, David J ^b   Roehrig, Romain ^l   Sekiguchi, Miho ^m   Schwarzkopf, Daniel M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^c ATMOSPHERIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL RESEARCH   (United States)

^d NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^e NASA GODDARD INSTITUTE FOR SPACE STUDIES   (United States)

^f CNRS   (France)

^g Korea Institute of Atmospheric Prediction Systems   (South Korea)

^h UNIVERSITY OF HAMBURG   (Germany)

ⁱ ENVIRONMENT CANADA   (Canada)

^j Trinnovim LLC   (United States)

^k MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^l CENTRE NATIONAL DE RECHERCHES MÉTÉOROLOGIQUES   (France)

^m TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF MARINE SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

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Author keywords

Parameterization; Radiation; Radiative forcing

Indexed keywords

AEROSOLS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELS; ERRORS; HEAT RADIATION; PARAMETER ESTIMATION;

ATMOSPHERIC CONDITIONS; GLOBAL ESTIMATE; INTEGRATED WATER VAPORS; RADIATION ERRORS; RADIATIVE FLUXES; RADIATIVE FORCINGS; REFERENCE MODELS; SHORT-WAVE RADIATION;

PARAMETERIZATION;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; AEROSOL; CARBON DIOXIDE; CLEAR SKY; CLIMATE CHANGE; CLIMATE MODELING; MODEL VALIDATION; PARAMETERIZATION; RADIATIVE FORCING; SOLAR RADIATION; WATER VAPOR;

EID: 84938209037     PISSN: 00948276     EISSN: 19448007     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/2015GL064291     Document Type: Article

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