A radiative transfer module for calculating photolysis rates and solar heating in climate models: Solar-J v7.5

Hsu, Juno; Prather, Michael J.; Cameron-Smith, Philip; Veidenbaum, Alex; Nicolau, Alex

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2525-2017

Articles | Volume 10, issue 7

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2525-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-10-2525-2017

© Author(s) 2017. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 10, issue 7

Development and technical paper

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03 Jul 2017

Development and technical paper |

| 03 Jul 2017

A radiative transfer module for calculating photolysis rates and solar heating in climate models: Solar-J v7.5

Juno Hsu, Michael J. Prather, Philip Cameron-Smith, Alex Veidenbaum, and Alex Nicolau

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AC: Author comment | RC: Referee comment | SC: Short comment | EC: Editor comment

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RC1: 'Reviewer's comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 24 Mar 2017
RC2: 'Review of originally submitted manuscript gmd-2017-27', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Apr 2017
RC3: 'Additional comment to initial review', Anonymous Referee #2, 11 Apr 2017
AC1: 'Final Author Comments', Juno Hsu, 25 Apr 2017

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AR: Author's response | RR: Referee report | ED: Editor decision

AR by Juno Hsu on behalf of the Authors (26 Apr 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish subject to minor revisions (Editor review) (15 May 2017) by Gerd A. Folberth

AR by Juno Hsu on behalf of the Authors (25 May 2017) Author's response Manuscript

ED: Publish as is (30 May 2017) by Gerd A. Folberth

Short summary

Solar-J is a high-fidelity solar radiative transfer Fortran 90 code. It has been developed for consistently calculating both the photolysis rates of important chemical species and the heating rates of the atmosphere and the Earth's surface. Its spectral range spans from 177 nm to 12 microns. It can be easily dropped in as a module in global climate–chemistry models.