Dust impact on surface solar irradiance assessed with model simulations, satellite observations and ground-based measurements

PG Kosmopoulos, S Kazadzis, M Taylor… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - amt.copernicus.org
This study assesses the impact of dust on surface solar radiation focussing on an extreme
dust event. For this purpose, we exploited the synergy of AERONET measurements and …

Effects of 3-D thermal radiation on the development of a shallow cumulus cloud field

C Klinger, B Mayer, F Jakub, T Zinner… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
We investigate the effects of thermal radiation on cloud development in large-eddy
simulations (LESs) with the UCLA-LES model. We investigate single convective clouds …

[HTML][HTML] A novel hybrid scattering order-dependent variance reduction method for Monte Carlo simulations of radiative transfer in cloudy atmosphere

Z Wang, S Cui, J Yang, H Gao, C Liu… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2017 - Elsevier
We present a novel hybrid scattering order-dependent variance reduction method to
accelerate the convergence rate in both forward and backward Monte Carlo radiative …

A study on radiative transfer effects in 3‐D cloudy atmosphere using satellite data

M Okata, T Nakajima, K Suzuki, T Inoue… - Journal of …, 2017 - Wiley Online Library
This study evaluates 3‐D cloud effects on the radiation budget with a combined use of active
sensor cloud profiling radar/CloudSat and imager Moderate Resolution Imaging …

Reviews and syntheses: Flying the satellite into your model: on the role of observation operators in constraining models of the Earth system and the carbon cycle

T Kaminski, PP Mathieu - Biogeosciences, 2017 - bg.copernicus.org
The vehicles that fly the satellite into a model of the Earth system are observation operators.
They provide the link between the quantities simulated by the model and the quantities …

Multispectral Monte Carlo radiative transfer simulation by the maximum cross-section method

H Iwabuchi, R Okamura - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and …, 2017 - Elsevier
The maximum cross-section method is useful for efficient Monte Carlo radiative transfer
simulation in an inhomogeneous atmosphere that consists of many small volume elements …

Validation of quasi-invariant ice cloud radiative quantities with MODIS satellite-based cloud property retrievals

J Ding, P Yang, GW Kattawar, MD King… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2017 - Elsevier
Similarity relations applied to ice cloud radiance calculations are theoretically analyzed and
numerically validated. If τ (1–ϖ) and τ (1–ϖg) are conserved where τ is optical thickness, ϖ …

Disk and circumsolar radiances in the presence of ice clouds

P Haapanala, P Räisänen… - Atmospheric …, 2017 - acp.copernicus.org
The impact of ice clouds on solar disk and circumsolar radiances is investigated using a
Monte Carlo radiative transfer model. The monochromatic direct and diffuse radiances are …

Determination of the bottom surface profile

ER Lyu, VA Kan, IV Prokhorov… - … on Atmospheric and …, 2017 - spiedigitallibrary.org
Based on the mathematical model of the propagation of an acoustic signal in a fluctuating
medium, the inverse problem is formulated, which includes determination a function that …

[PDF][PDF] 气溶胶空间非均匀性对近红外辐射传输的影响分析

陈鸣, 胡帅, 高太长, 李浩, 程天际, 刘磊, 喻学峰 - 光学学报, 2017 - researching.cn
摘要为了解气溶胶空间非均匀性对近红外辐射传输过程的影响, 构造了典型非均匀气溶胶场,
采用辐射传输模式球谐离散坐标法(SHDOM) 模拟了对应情形下的漫射光强 …