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31 Jan 2022
Research article |
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Longwave radiative effect of the cloud–aerosol transition zone based on CERES observations
Departament de Física, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
Hendrik Andersen
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Josep Calbó
Departament de Física, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
Josep-Abel González
Departament de Física, Universitat de Girona, Girona, Spain
Jan Cermak
Institute of Meteorology and Climate Research, Karlsruhe Institute of
Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
Institute of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing, Karlsruhe Institute
of Technology (KIT), Karlsruhe, Germany
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Short summary
The change in the state of sky from cloudy to cloudless (or vice versa) comprises an additional phase called
transition zonewith characteristics laying between those of aerosols and clouds. This study presents an approach for the quantification of the broadband longwave radiative effects of the cloud–aerosol transition zone at the top of the atmosphere during daytime over the ocean based on satellite observations and radiative transfer simulations.
The change in the state of sky from cloudy to cloudless (or vice versa) comprises an additional...
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