[PP1-4-8] Radiative transfer in presence of clouds

Radiative transfer is highly nonlinear and non-local against the cloud structure at a high spatial resolution. Hence, a Monte Carlo approach can be used for the representation of cloud structure and interactions between photons and clouds. This approach is more efficient than the method of representing clouds as horizontally homogeneous.

External resources

• Hogan, R. J., & Shonk, J. K. (2008, September). Radiation parametrization and clouds. In ECMWF Workshop on Parametrization of subgrid physical processes (pp. 1-25).
• http://variable-variability.blogspot.com/2012/10/radiative-transfer-and-cloud-structure.html
• Liou, K.N. (2002, 1980). An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation. Academic Press - Second Edition.

Learning outcomes

• 1463 - Illustrate how cloud presence complicate radiative transfer description in Earth's atmosphere

  Illustrate how cloud presence complicate radiative transfer description in Earth's atmosphere

Self assessment

Outgoing relations

• [PP1-4-8] Radiative transfer in presence of clouds subclassof [PP1-4] Fundamentals of Radiative Transfer

Contributors

• Andreas Kazantzidis
  https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Andreas_Kazantzidis
• Valerio Tramutoli
  https://orcid.org/0000-0003-3875-7909