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Table of contents



Chapter 1. Overview

Chapter 2. Radiation

Chapter 3. Turbulent diffusion and interactions with the surface

Chapter 4. Subgrid-scale orographic drag

Chapter 5. Convection

Chapter 6. Clouds and large-scale precipitation

Chapter 7. Land suface parametrization

Chapter 8. Methane oxidation

Chapter 9. Climatological data

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CHAPTER 2
Radiation




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2.1 Radiative heating


2.2 Longwave radiation
  2.2.1 The pre-cycle 22r3 scheme
  2.2.2 Vertical integration
  2.2.3 Spectral integration
  2.2.4 The incorporation of the effects of clouds
  2.2.5 The Rapid Radiation Transfer Model (RRTM)


2.3 Shortwave Radiation
  2.3.1 Spectral integration
  2.3.2 Vertical integration
  2.3.3 Multiple reflections between layers
  2.3.4 Cloud shortwave optical properties


2.4 Horizontal interpolation


2.5 Input to the radiation scheme
  2.5.1 Model variables
  2.5.2 Clouds
  2.5.3 Aerosols
  2.5.4 Carbon dioxide, ozone and trace gases
  2.5.5 Ground albedo and emissivity
  2.5.6 Solar zenith angle


2.6 The radiation code
  2.6.1 Set-up routines
  2.6.2 Main routines
  2.6.3 Specialized routines
  2.6.4 Heating rate computation


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