Abstract
An issue in the determination of the direct component of solar radiation involving the circumsolar contribution in numerical weather prediction and climate models is discussed. The direct flux determined using the delta-Eddington approximation is assessed against observations. The results show that errors due to the use of the delta-scaling are much larger than errors if the circumsolar contribution is ignored. In order to include the scattering contribution in the direct flux calculation properly, a simple parameterization for dust aerosol is developed which can be used to consider the scattering contribution due to the particular case of dust aerosol to the direct solar radiation within the circumsolar region.
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