Biases in Shortwave Column Absorption in the Presence of Fractal Clouds
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The goal of this study is to understand inter-droplet cloud absorption in horizontally inhomogeneous clouds. In order to minimize the absorption by cloud drops, a spectral band around 0.94 μm with strong molecular and very weak liquid absorption has been chosen for detailed analysis. The 0.94 micron band has insignificant Rayleigh scattering and a large range of transmission (Figure 1). In other words, we have a horizontally homogeneous absorber and a horizontally The only source of horizontal variability in our atmospheric inhomogeneous scatterer. model is clouds. To simulate the horizontal distribution of
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