Contribution of water vapor continuum absorption to longwave radiative fluxes in the cloudy and cloudless atmosphere

2016 ◽  
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Continuum Absorption ◽  
Radiative Fluxes ◽  
Cloudless Atmosphere

Infrared continuum absorption by atmospheric water vapor in the 8–12-μm window

1976 ◽  
Vol 15 (9) ◽  
pp. 2085 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert E. Roberts ◽  
John E. A. Selby ◽  
Lucien M. Biberman
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Atmospheric Water Vapor ◽  
Atmospheric Water ◽  
Continuum Absorption ◽  
Infrared Continuum

scholarly journals Surface and top-of-atmosphere radiative feedback kernels for CESM-CAM5

2018 ◽  
Vol 10 (1) ◽  
pp. 317-324 ◽  
Author(s):  
Angeline G. Pendergrass ◽  
Andrew Conley ◽  
Francis M. Vitt
Keyword(s):  
Water Vapor ◽  
Greenhouse Gases ◽  
Surface Temperature ◽  
Radiative Forcing ◽  
Surface Albedo ◽  
Large Ensemble ◽  
Radiative Fluxes ◽  
Radiative Feedback ◽  
Ensemble Simulations ◽  
Temperature Water

Abstract. Radiative kernels at the top of the atmosphere are useful for decomposing changes in atmospheric radiative fluxes due to feedbacks from atmosphere and surface temperature, water vapor, and surface albedo. Here we describe and validate radiative kernels calculated with the large-ensemble version of CAM5, CESM1.1.2, at the top of the atmosphere and the surface. Estimates of the radiative forcing from greenhouse gases and aerosols in RCP8.5 in the CESM large-ensemble simulations are also diagnosed. As an application, feedbacks are calculated for the CESM large ensemble. The kernels are freely available at https://doi.org/10.5065/D6F47MT6, and accompanying software can be downloaded from https://github.com/apendergrass/cam5-kernels.

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