Accession Number:

AD0776304

Title:

Radiative Parameterization for the FNWC Global Primitive Equation Model.

Descriptive Note:

Master's thesis,

Corporate Author:

NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL MONTEREY CALIF

Personal Author(s):

• Jenks,Frank Wright , III

Report Date:

1974-03-01

Pagination or Media Count:

88.0

Abstract:

The study was an evaluation of a radiational scheme for inclusion in a numerical weather prediction model. This scheme uses empirical formulations for atmospheric absorptivities, scattering and reflectivity and cloud and earth surface reflectivity to compute the solar insolation received and absorbed by the earth and key atmospheric layers. Longwave cooling by the earth is also treated with empirically derived emissivities for water-vapor and carbon dioxide. This radiation model includes a two-layer cloud parameterization scheme and calculates the effect of an additional cloud layer on previous studies. Modified author abstract

Descriptors:

• *EARTH ATMOSPHERE
• *SOLAR RADIATION
• ATMOSPHERE MODELS
• SORPTION
• REFLECTION
• CLOUD COVER
• ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDING
• PACIFIC OCEAN
• MATHEMATICAL MODELS
• THESES

Subject Categories:

• Meteorology

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE