The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes (CIRC) - GEWEX
The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes (CIRC) - GEWEX
The Continual Intercomparison of Radiation Codes (CIRC) - GEWEX
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Historical Perspective (1)<br />
ICRCCM-I (1984 - 1991): InterComparison <strong>of</strong> <strong>Radiation</strong> <strong>Codes</strong> for<br />
Climate Models, WCRP/IRC)<br />
- LW: Ellingson and Fouquart (1991)<br />
-~60 idealized cases (mostly cloudless)<br />
- SW: Fouquart et al. (1991)<br />
-~60 idealized cases (again, mostly cloudless)<br />
- LBL vs. approximate models<br />
Overall message : for cloudless skies, errors can be alarmingly large<br />
LW