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Forcing
Cloud
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Cld+Aer
Output
Profile
BB_Table
Spec_Toa_Alb
Spec_Trans
Spec_Toa_LW
Spec_SFC_LWDN
LW_WN_Radiance
INPUT_details
OUTPUT_details
Spec_SFCALB
Atmosphere
TROPICAL
MidLatSummer
MidLatWinter
SubArcticSummer
SubArcticWinter
Atmosphere EDIT
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No
Simple
Detail
Cosine Solar Zenith
Cosine View Zenith
# Of Streams
GWTSA
2
4
(Gamma Weighted 2-Stream Approx)
Surface Albedo Inputs
Surface Albedo
1.00
0.90
0.80
0.70
0.60
0.50
0.40
0.30
0.20
0.18
0.16
0.14
0.12
0.10
0.09
0.08
0.07
0.06
0.05
0.04
0.03
0.02
0.01
0.00
IGBP
Spectral Shape
1 Evergreen Needle Forest
2 Evergreen Broad Forest
3 Deciduous Needle Forest
4 Deciduous Broad Forest
5 Mixed Forest
6 Closed Shrub
7 Open Shrub
8 Woody Savahana
9 Savahana
10 Grassland
11 Wetlands
12 Crops
13 Urban
14 Crop/Mosaic
15 Perm. Snow
16 Barren / Desert
17 Ocean
18 Tundra
19 Fresh Snow
20 Sea Ice
FLAT
If ocean:
Foam
ON
OFF
Wind Speed
Chlorophyll
Cloud 1
Fraction
Optical Depth
Presure(hPa)
Top
Bottom
Phase
WATER
ICE
Size um
5
8
9
10
11
12
15
16
20
30
60
80
100
120
180
Inhomgeniety
100
25
12
7
5
2
1
0.5
Gamma Wght 2-Stream Approx (GWTSA)
Cloud 2
Fraction
Optical Depth
Overlap Fraction(1&2)
Pressure(hPa)
Top
Bottom
Phase
WATER
ICE
Size um
5
8
9
10
11
12
15
16
20
30
60
80
100
120
180
Inhomgeneity
100
25
12
7
5
2
1
0.5
Gamma Wght 2-Stream Approx (GWTSA)
Aerosol Inputs
Aerosol 1:
Optical Depth
Type
maritime
continental
urban
0.5_dust_l1996
1.0_dust_l1996
2.0_dust_l1996
4.0_dust_l1996
8.0_dust_l1996
INSO
WASO
SOOT
SSAM
SSCM
MINM
MIAM
MICM
MITR
SUSO
0.5_dust_l2004
1.0_dust_l2004
2.0_dust_l2004
4.0_dust_l2004
8.0_dust_l2004
0.1-0.5_lnd_l2004
0.5-5.0_lnd_l2004
Scale Hgt(km)
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.8
1
1.5
2
3
4
5
8
10
-15
-14
-13
-12
-11
-10
-9
-8
-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
Aerosol 2:
Optical Depth
Type
maritime
continental
urban
0.5_dust_l1996
1.0_dust_l1996
2.0_dust_l1996
4.0_dust_l1996
8.0_dust_l1996
INSO
WASO
SOOT
SSAM
SSCM
MINM
MIAM
MICM
MITR
SUSO
0.5_dust_l2004
1.0_dust_l2004
2.0_dust_l2004
4.0_dust_l2004
8.0_dust_l2004
0.1-0.5_lnd_l2004
0.5-5.0_lnd_l2004
Scale Hgt(km)
0.1
0.2
0.4
0.8
1
1.5
2
3
4
5
8
10
-15
-14
-13
-12
-11
-10
-9
-8
-7
-6
-5
-4
-3
-2
-1
0
A Few More
CO2(ppmv)
(lw only)
LW Continuum
roberts
2.1_ckd
2.4_ckd
OFF
Surface Elevation(m)
Vertical Resolution
LO
HI
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