Global distributions of multi-layer and multi-phase clouds and their cloud radiative effects

2024/12/26 by Bingqi Yi, Ruiyi Li, Zhiyong Yang · 1 voice
Computer Science · Earth and Planetary Sciences · Environmental Science · #Atmospheric aerosols and clouds #Atmospheric chemistry and aerosols #Solar Radiation and Photovoltaics

paper · doi:10.1016/j.jqsrt.2024.109334

openalex publication_date 2024/12/26 · crossref created 2024/12/26 · crossref deposited 2025/01/19 · crossref issued 2025/03/01 · crossref published 2025/03/01 · crossref published-print 2025/03/01 · openalex created_date 2025/10/10 · crossref indexed 2026/07/08 · openalex updated_date 2026/07/22

Citations

• Influence of Cirrus Clouds on Weather and Climate Processes: A Global Perspective
• Stratocumulus Clouds
• Factors determining tropical upper-level cloud radiative effect in the radiative-convective equilibrium framework

Discussions

• Highly interesting numbers on clouds... The globally averaged total cloud fraction is 72.52 %, with the one-layer and multi-layer clouds take up 49.39 % and 23.13 %, respectively. The one-layer water [bsky, 2 points, 1 comments]