Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave Anisotropy over Liquid Clouds: Sensitivity to Clouds’ Microphysical Structure and Cloud-Topped Moisture

Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave Anisotropy over Liquid Clouds: Sensitivity to Clouds’ Microphysical Structure and Cloud-Topped Moisture

We investigated whether Top-of-Atmosphere Shortwave (TOA SW) anisotropy—essential to convert satellite-based instantaneous TOA SW radiance measurements into TOA SW fluxes—is sensitive to cloud-top effective radii and cloud-topped water vapor. Using several years of CERES SSF Edit...

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Main Authors: Florian Tornow, René Preusker, Carlos Domenech, Cintia K. Carbajal Henken, Sören Testorp, Jürgen Fischer
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2018-07-01
Series:Atmosphere
Subjects:
CERES
energy budget
broadband radiative transfer simulations
cloud effective radius
upper-tropospheric humidity
Online Access:http://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/9/7/256

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