Parameterization of the Atmospheric Heating Rate from 15 to 120 km due to O2 and O3 Absorption of Solar Radiation.

Abstract

The atmospheric heating rate due to oxygen and ozone absorption of solar radiation is parameterized with an accuracy of + or - 5 percent in the altitude region 15-20 km. For relevant wavelengths the effects of multiple scattering and ground reflection are also included. These parameterizations are computationally fast, efficient, and suitable for use in numerical models of atmospheric circulation. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Nov 01, 1976
Accession Number
ADA033854

Entities

People

  • Darrell F. Strobel

Organizations

  • United States Naval Research Laboratory

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Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption
  • Computer Science
  • Corporations
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Electromagnetic Wave Propagation
  • Electronics
  • Electronics Laboratories
  • Engineering
  • Military Research
  • Navy
  • Physics Laboratories
  • Radiation
  • Scattering
  • Security
  • Solar Activity
  • Solar Radiation
  • Universities

Fields of Study

  • Environmental science

Readers

  • Molecular Photonics/Laser Physics
  • Ocean-Atmosphere Mesoscale Modeling, Data Assimilation, and Flux Boundary Layers
  • Space/Atmospheric Physics.