Parametrizing cloud geometry and its application in a subgrid cloud‐edge erosion scheme

MD Fielding, SAK Schäfer, RJ Hogan… - Quarterly Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
To represent the effects of unresolved cloud processes in numerical weather prediction and
climate models, parametrizations of the subgrid properties of clouds are required. In this …

BRDF characteristics of different textured fabrics in visible and near-infrared band

Q Lai, B Liu, J Zhao, Z Zhao, J Tan - Optics Express, 2020 - opg.optica.org
The directional reflection characteristics of fabrics with various texture structures is an
important and challenging topic in computer graphics and visual simulation. In the present …

Real-time spectral radiance estimation of hemispherical clear skies with machine learned regression models

J Del Rocco, PD Bourke, CB Patterson, JT Kider - Solar Energy, 2020 - Elsevier
Whole sky spectral radiance distribution measurements are difficult and expensive to obtain,
yet important for real-time applications of radiative transfer, building performance, physically …

A novel multiple small-angle scattering framework for interpreting anisotropic polarization pattern of lidar returns from water clouds

J Zhang, Z Wang, F Zhang, H Gao, J Wang… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2020 - Elsevier
This paper presents a novel mathematical framework to interpret the polarized lidar
backscattering pattern for 1D water clouds. The framework is based on the multiple …

Impact analysis of surface albedo heterogeneity on shortwave radiation using a 3D radiative transfer model

L Wang, D Zhang, C Chen, F Hu, L Zhang - Journal of Atmospheric and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Abstract The I3RC Community Monte Carlo model of three-dimensional (3D) radiative
transfer (I3RC-CM) was improved by allowing the specification of surfaces with variable …

[HTML][HTML] Examining Biases in Diurnally Integrated Shortwave Irradiances due to Two-and Four-Stream Approximations in a Cloudy Atmosphere

SH Ham, S Kato, FG Rose - Journal of the Atmospheric …, 2020 - journals.ametsoc.org
Barker, HW, 1996: A parameterization for computing grid-averaged solar fluxes for
inhomogeneous marine boundary layer clouds. Part I: Methodology and homogeneous …

An impact analysis of the surface-cloud damping effect on TOA reflectivity using A 3D radiative transfer model

L Wang, D Lü, W Zhang - Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, 2020 - Springer
Abstract The I3RC Community Monte Carlo model of three-dimensional (3D) radiative
transfer (I3RC-CM) was improved by specifying surfaces with a widely used bidirectional …