Journal Information

    Online ISSN: 1520-0469
    Print ISSN:    0022-4928
    Frequency:    Monthly
      Previously titled: Journal of Meteorology

      Volume 63, Issue 4 (April 2006)
      Ferlay, Nicolas, Harumi Isaka, Philip Gabriel, Albert Benassi, 2006: Multiresolution Analysis of Radiative Transfer through Inhomogeneous Media. Part II: Validation and New Insights. J. Atmos. Sci., 63, 1213–1230.
      doi: http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/JAS3679.1

      Multiresolution Analysis of Radiative Transfer through Inhomogeneous Media. Part II: Validation and New Insights

      Nicolas Ferlay and Harumi Isaka

      Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France

      Philip Gabriel

      Department of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, Colorado

      Albert Benassi

      Laboratoire de Météorologie Physique, Observatoire de Physique du Globe de Clermont-Ferrand, Université Blaise Pascal, Clermont-Ferrand, France





      Abstract

      The multiresolution radiative transfer equations of Part I of this paper are solved numerically for the case of inhomogeneous model clouds using Meyer’s basis functions. After analyzing the properties of Meyer’s connection coefficients and effective coupling operators (ECOs) for two examples of extinction functions, the present approach is validated by comparisons with Spherical Harmonic Discrete Ordinate Method (SHDOM) and Monte Carlo codes, and a preliminary analysis of the local-scale coupling between the cloud inhomogeneities and the radiance fields is presented. It is demonstrated that the contribution of subpixel-scale cloud inhomogeneities to pixel-scale radiation fields may be very important and that it varies considerably as a function of local cloud inhomogeneities.

      Received: February 3, 2005; Accepted: August 31, 2005

      Corresponding author address: Nicolas Ferlay, Dept. of Atmospheric Science, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO 80523. Email:

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      Online publication date: 1-Feb-2010.
      CrossRef
      Nicolas Ferlay, Harumi Isaka. (2006) Multiresolution Analysis of Radiative Transfer through Inhomogeneous Media. Part I: Theoretical Development. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences 63:4, 1200-1212
      Online publication date: 1-Apr-2006.
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