Role of cloud-surface interactions on the net surface solar flux in high latitudes: climatic implications

Catherine H. Gautier; Y. Shiren

doi:10.1117/12.163516

2 November 1993 Role of cloud-surface interactions on the net surface solar flux in high latitudes: climatic implications

Catherine H. Gautier, Y. Shiren

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Proceedings Volume 2049, Atmospheric Radiation; (1993) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.163516
Event: High Latitude Optics, 1993, Tromso, Norway

Abstract

The Discrete Ordinate Radiative Transfer (DISORT) model of Stamnes et al. (1988) has been used to investigate the role of cloud-surface interactions on the net surface solar flux in various atmospheric and surface conditions. To that effect, we have analyzed the sensitivity of the net (down minus up) solar flux at top-of-atmosphere (TOA) and the net surface solar flux with respect to water vapor amount in the atmosphere and cloud properties (specified through optical thickness) and types (specified through the equivalent radius - R_E) for two extreme (with respect to their reflecting properties) types of surface conditions: snow and ocean.

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Catherine H. Gautier and Y. Shiren "Role of cloud-surface interactions on the net surface solar flux in high latitudes: climatic implications", Proc. SPIE 2049, Atmospheric Radiation, (2 November 1993); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.163516

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