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https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-16-1937-2023
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Effects of complex terrain on the shortwave radiative balance: a sub-grid-scale parameterization for the GFDL Earth System Model version 4.1
Program in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA
Sergey Malyshev
NOAA OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
Nathaniel Chaney
Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA
David Paynter
NOAA OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
Raymond Menzel
NOAA OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
University Corporation for Atmospheric Research, Princeton, NJ, USA
Elena Shevliakova
NOAA OAR Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory, Princeton, NJ, USA
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Short summary
In this paper we develop a methodology to model the spatial distribution of solar radiation received by land over mountainous terrain. The approach is designed to be used in Earth system models, where coarse grid cells hinder the description of fine-scale land–atmosphere interactions. We adopt a clustering algorithm to partition the land domain into a set of homogeneous sub-grid
tiles, and for each tile we evaluate solar radiation received by land based on terrain properties.
In this paper we develop a methodology to model the spatial distribution of solar radiation...