Photolysis rates in correlated overlapping cloud fields: Cloud-J 7.3c

Prather, M. J.

doi:https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2587-2015

Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2587-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-8-2587-2015

© Author(s) 2015. This work is distributed under
the Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License.

Articles | Volume 8, issue 8

Model description paper

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14 Aug 2015

Model description paper |

| 14 Aug 2015

Photolysis rates in correlated overlapping cloud fields: Cloud-J 7.3c

M. J. Prather

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EC C1211: 'two remarks', Rolf Sander, 23 Jun 2015
RC C1305: 'Referee Comments', Anonymous Referee #1, 03 Jul 2015
AC C1347: 'Cloud-J code/compiler fixes done with version 7.3b', Michael Prather, 13 Jul 2015
RC C1355: 'Fast clouds', Anonymous Referee #2, 14 Jul 2015
AC C1403: 'Author's Final Response', Michael Prather, 19 Jul 2015

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

AR by Michael Prather on behalf of the Authors (31 Jul 2015)

ED: Publish subject to technical corrections (05 Aug 2015) by Rolf Sander

AR by Michael Prather on behalf of the Authors (05 Aug 2015) Manuscript

Short summary

A new approach for modeling photolysis rates (J values) in atmospheres with fractional cloud cover has been developed and is implemented as Cloud-J – a multi-scattering eight-stream radiative transfer model for solar radiation based on Fast-J. Using observations of the vertical correlation of cloud layers, Cloud-J provides a practical and accurate method for modeling atmospheric chemistry, which can be extended to solar heating rates.