Abstract
The ratio of the cloud radiative forcing at the surface to the cloud radiative forcing at the top of the atmosphere has been recently deduced from a set of satellite and surface measurements, and calculated using detailed radiative transfer models. We use an adding method of radiative transfer to derive an analytical expression for the cloud radiative forcing ratio. The advantage of an analytical expression is its simplicity. The analytical expression provides insight onto how the cloud radiative forcing ratio depends on surface albedo, cloud microphysics, and atmospheric composition.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.3402/tellusa.v50i3.14525 | Journal eISSN: 3035-9554
Language: English
Page range: 259 - 264
Submitted on: Jul 28, 1997
Accepted on: Dec 3, 1997
Published on: Jan 1, 1998
Published by: Stockholm University Press
In partnership with: Paradigm Publishing Services
© 1998 Petr Chýlek, J. G. D. Wong, published by Stockholm University Press
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