Abstract
A computer model for determining the disposition by latitude and height of short- and longwave radiation fluxes is developed. The atmosphere has been partitioned into twenty equal pressure layers from 1013 mb to 0 mb. Model inputs, which are either known or assumed, include the zonally averaged, vertical profiles of temperature, specific humidity, aerosol concentration, and cluod cover as well as ozone, carbon dioxide content, surface albedo, and solar zenith angle. All atmospheric scattering and absorption processes are then treated explicitly. The outputs are the individual components of the short- and longwave energy fluxes. Results for January, April, July, and October are presented. Graphs of the resultant surface global radiation, planetary albedo, as well as vertical profiles of the net radiative balances are discussed.
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