Vol. 8, issue 10, article # 1

Titov G. A., Zhuravleva T. B. Spectral and integrated absorption of solar radiation in broken clouds. // Atmospheric and oceanic optics. 1995. V. 8. No. 10. P. 1419-1427.    PDF
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Abstract:

In the paper, we investigate the mean spectral and integrated absorption of solar radiation in broken clouds. It is shown that the random geometry of a cloud field has strong influence on the spectral radiation absorption in clouds. Its effect is less important for the integrated absorption, while becoming stronger with increasing cloud extinction coefficient and underlying surface albedo, as well as at intermediate cloud fractions. This must be kept in mind when developing radiation codes of general circulation models.