Atmospheric State

AtmosphericState{FTA1D,FTA1DN,FTA2D,CLDP,CLDM,VMR} <:
    AbstractAtmosphericState

Atmospheric conditions, used to compute optical properties.

Fields

• lon: longitude, in degrees (ncol), optional

• lat: latitude, in degrees (ncol), optional

• layerdata: storage for coldry [molecules per cm^2 of dry air], play [Pa, mb], tlay [K], relhum; (4, nlay, ncol)

• p_lev: Level pressures [Pa, mb]; (nlay+1,ncol)

• t_lev: Level temperatures [K]; (nlay+1,ncol)

• t_sfc: Surface temperatures [K]; (ncol)

• vmr: volume mixing ratio of all relevant gases

• cloud_state: cloud state

• aerosol_state: aerosol state

GrayAtmosphericState{FT,FTA1D,FTA2D} <: 
    AbstractAtmosphericState{FT,FTA1D}

Atmospheric conditions, used to compute optical properties with the gray atmosphere approximation

Fields

• lat: latitude, in degrees, for each column; (ncol,)

• p_lay: Layer pressures [Pa, mb]; (nlay, ncol)

• p_lev: Level pressures [Pa, mb]; (nlay+1, ncol)

• t_lay: Layer temperatures [K]; (nlay, ncol)

• t_lev: Level temperatures [K]; (nlay+1,ncol)

• z_lev: Level Altitude [m]; (nlay+1,ncol)

• t_sfc: Surface temperatures [K]; (ncol)

• otp: optical thickness parameters

CloudState{CD, CF, CM, CMT}

Cloud state, used to compute optical properties.

AerosolState{A, B, D}

Aerosol state, used to compute optical properties.

GrayOpticalThicknessSchneider2004{FT} <: AbstractGrayOpticalThickness

Optical thickness function parameters from Schneider 2004, J. Atmos. Sci. (2004) 61 (12): 1317–1340. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(2004)061<1317:TTATTS>2.0.CO;2

Fields

• α: scaling height ratio

• te: global mean surface temperature (K)

• tt: temp at top of atmosphere (K)

• Δt: Δt (K)

GrayOpticalThicknessOGorman2008{FT} <: AbstractGrayOpticalThickness

Optical thickness function parameters from O'Gorman 2008, Journal of Climate Vol 21, Page(s): 3815–3832. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1175/2007JCLI2065.1

Fields

• α: scaling factor

• fₗ: fₗ

• τₑ: longwave optical thickness at equator

• τₚ: longwave optical thickness at poles

• τ₀: optical thickness for shortwave radiation