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Comparison among various numerical models designed for computing infrared cooling

Hugh M. Stone, +1 more
- 01 Oct 1968 - 
- Vol. 96, Iss: 10, pp 735-741
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In this article, the authors compared the accuracy of the GFDL radiation model with other numerical models, including Rodgers and Walshaw's scheme, and found that it has accuracy comparable to other numerical model despite various assumptions adopted.
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The scheme of computing the temperature change due to long wave radiation, developed by Manabe and Strickler and incorporated into the general circulation models developed at the Geophysical Fluid Dynamics Laboratory of ESSA, is compared with a group of other numerical schemes for computing radiative temperature change (e.g., the scheme of Rodgers and Walshaw). It is concluded that the GFDL radiation model has the accuracy comparable with other numerical models despite various assumptions adopted.

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