Norman B. Wood

TL;DR: In this article, the first principles of Rayleigh scattering theory are used to calculate Rayleigh optical depth in the atmosphere, rather than the variety of curve-fitting techniques currently in use.

TL;DR: In this article, a method for retrieving precipitation over the ocean using spaceborne W-band radar is introduced and applied to the CloudSat Cloud Profiling Radar, which is most applicable to stratiform-type precipitation.

TL;DR: The 2B-FLXHR as discussed by the authors is a standard product that provides high vertical resolution profiles of radiative fluxes and atmospheric heating rates on the global scale, which is used to quantify the radiative impact of clouds on global and regional scales.

TL;DR: In this paper, the impacts of enhanced aerosol concentrations such as those associated with dust intrusions on the trimodal distribution of tropical convection have been investigated through the use of large-domain (10 000 grid points), fine-resolution (1 km), long-duration (100 days), two-dimensional idealized cloud-resolving model simulations conducted under conditions of radiative-convective equilibrium (RCE).

TL;DR: In this article, the performance of 1D solar radiative transfer codes was evaluated in weather and climate models. Emphasis was on interpretation and handling of unresolved clouds, and results for 25 1D codes, which included two line-by-line (LBL) models (Clear and overcast only) and four 3D Monte Carlo (MC) photon transport models (3DMC) were provided.