APPENDIX A List of symbols
Planck function integrated over the half sphere with the factor invoving 
absorbed: in units of flux (
)
fractional cloud cover
specific heat at constant pressure of moist air
specific heat at constant pressure of dry air
specific heat at constant pressure of water vapour
incident solar radiance in the direction 
radiative flux
fractional scattering into the forward peak
acceleration of gravity
asymmetry factor for aerosol scattering
absorption coefficient
monchromatic radiance at wavenumber 
magnification factor (
)
ozone mixing ratio
scattering phase function
pressure
probability of a photon encountering an absorber amount between 
and 
specific humidity
diffusivity factor (
)
mean effective radius of cloud water droplets
reflectance
solar flux at the top of the atmosphere
transmittance
temperature
monchromatic transmission at wavenumber 
absorber amount
surface albedo
cloud particle absorbtion coefficient
extinction coefficient
scattering coefficient
molecular absorption of gases
optical depth
cloud emissivity
wavenumber
single scattering albedo (
)
scattering phase function
azimuth angle
zenith angle
direction of incident solar beam
angle between incident and scattered radiances
