Radiative Transfer in Troposphere-Stratosphere Global Climate Models

摘要: The recognition that radiative processes play a major role in determining the thermal structure of stratosphere occurred at very early stage science middle atmosphere. At turn century, balloon soundings atmosphere (see Figure 1) indicated decrease atmospheric temperature with altitude did not extend to unlimited altitudes. some level (the tropopause) temperatures were nearly constant and then increased altitude. This observation initiated series theoretical papers explain existence near isothermal layer These studies quite on identified transfer as an important process determination this layer. earliest study is closest presently accepted theory was published by Humphreys (1909). Other continued clarify stratosphere.