The effect of surface heterogeneity on cloud absorption estimates

Details The effect of surface heterogeneity on cloud absorption estimates The effect of surface heterogeneity on cloud absorption estimates

Aug 2004

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=2004georl..3115105c&link_type=abstract

Geophysical Research Letters, Volume 31, Issue 15, CiteID L15105

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Atmospheric Composition And Structure: Cloud Physics And Chemistry, Global Change: Remote Sensing, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Land/Atmosphere Interactions, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Radiative Processes, Meteorology And Atmospheric Dynamics: Remote Sensing

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This study presents a systematic and quantitative analysis of the effect of inhomogeneous surface albedo on shortwave cloud absorption estimates. We used 3D radiative transfer modeling over a checkerboard surface albedo to calculate cloud absorption. We have found that accounting for surface heterogeneity enhances cloud absorption. However, the enhancement is not sufficient to explain the reported difference between measured and modeled cloud absorption.

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