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Rapid calculation of radiative heating rates and photodissociation rates in inhomogeneous multiple scattering atmospheres
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The solution of the generalized two‐stream approximation for radiative transfer in homogeneous multiple scattering atmospheres is extended to vertically inhomogeneous atmospheres in a manner which is numerically stable and computationally efficient. It is shown that solar energy deposition rates, photolysis rates, and infrared cooling rates all may be calculated with simple modifications of a single algorithm. The accuracy of the algorithm is generally better than 10% so that other uncertainties, such as in absorption coefficients, may often dominate the error in calculation of the quantities of interest to atmospheric studies.
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- Authors
- Toon, O. B., McKay, C. P., Ackerman, T. P., & Santhanam, K.
- Venue
- Journal of Geophysical Research: Atmospheres
- Publisher
- American Geophysical Union (AGU)
- Published
- 1989-11-20
- Volume
- 94
- Issue
- D13
- Pages
- 16287-16301
- ISSN
- 0148-0227 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1993009622
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- FWCI
- 8.43
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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