Control of shortwave radiation parameterization on tropical climate SST-forced simulation

Intercomparing Shortwave Radiation Codes for Climate Studies

As a second step of the international program of Intercomparison of Radiation Codes Used in Climate Models (ICRCCM), an intercomparison of shortwave radiation models was initiated. Among the 26 codes that participated in the comparison were very detailed (line-by-line), narrow-band (high-spectral resolution), as well as highly parameterized (low-spectral resolution) models. A considerable sprea...

Low cloud-SST feedbacks influence tropical Pacific climate variability

Decrease in the tropical mean outgoing shortwave radiation

Analysis of the decrease in the tropical mean outgoing shortwave radiation at the top of atmosphere for the period 1984–2000 A. Fotiadi, N. Hatzianastassiou, C. Matsoukas, K. G. Pavlakis, E. Drakakis, D. Hatzidimitriou, and I. Vardavas Laboratory of Meteorology, Department of Physics, University of Ioannina, Greece Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Departme...

ENSO surface shortwave radiation over the tropical Pacific

ENSO surface shortwave radiation forcing over the tropical Pacific K. G. Pavlakis, N. Hatzianastassiou, C. Matsoukas, A. Fotiadi, and I. Vardavas Foundation for Research and Technology-Hellas, Heraklion, Crete, Greece Department of General Applied Science, Technological Educational Institute of Crete, Greece Department of Physics, University of Crete, Crete, Greece Laboratory of Meteorology, De...

ENSO surface shortwave radiation forcing over the tropical Pacific

We have studied the spatial and temporal variation of the downward shortwave radiation (DSR) at the surface of the Earth during ENSO events for a 21-year period over the tropical and subtropical Pacific Ocean (40 S–40 N, 90 E–75 W). The fluxes were computed using a deterministic model for atmospheric radiation transfer, along with satellite data from the ISCCP-D2 database, reanalysis data from ...