Radiative Sensitivity to Water Vapor under All-Sky Conditions

John Fasullo1 and Dezheng Sun2

1PAOS, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO

2NOAA-CIRES/Climate Diagnostics Center, Boulder, CO


Abstract

1.0 Introduction

2.0 Radiative Transfer: Model and Methodology

3.0 Sensitivity of Radiative Fluxes to the Distribution of Water Vapor

4.0 Sensitivity to the Vertical Distribution of Water Vapor

5.0 Conclusion

Acknowledgments

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