Radiative Parameterization for the FNWC Global Primitive Equation Model.
Abstract
The study was an evaluation of a radiational scheme for inclusion in a numerical weather prediction model. This scheme uses empirical formulations for atmospheric absorptivities, scattering and reflectivity and cloud and earth surface reflectivity to compute the solar insolation received and absorbed by the earth and key atmospheric layers. Longwave cooling by the earth is also treated with empirically derived emissivities for water-vapor and carbon dioxide. This radiation model includes a two-layer cloud parameterization scheme and calculates the effect of an additional cloud layer on previous studies. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Mar 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0776304
Entities
People
- Frank Wright Jenks Iii
Organizations
- Naval Postgraduate School