Articles | Volume 25, issue 19
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11689-2025
https://doi.org/10.5194/acp-25-11689-2025
Research article
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30 Sep 2025
Research article |  | 30 Sep 2025

Variation in shortwave water vapour continuum and impact on clear-sky shortwave radiative feedback

Kaah P. Menang, Stefan A. Buehler, Lukas Kluft, Robin J. Hogan, and Florian E. Roemer

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konrad (v1.0.2) L. Kluft et al. https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.7438306

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We investigated the impact of the shortwave water vapour continuum absorption on clear-sky shortwave radiative feedback. For current temperatures, the impact is modest (<2%). In a warmer world, continuum-induced uncertainty in estimated feedback would be up to ~5%. Representing continuum absorption with the widely used semi-empirical model in radiative transfer calculations leads to an underestimation of this feedback. Constraining the shortwave continuum will help reduce these discrepancies.
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