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Division of radiative streams into internal transfer and cooling to space
Author(s) -
Green J. S. A.
Publication year - 1967
Publication title -
quarterly journal of the royal meteorological society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.744
H-Index - 143
eISSN - 1477-870X
pISSN - 0035-9009
DOI - 10.1002/qj.49709339710
Subject(s) - radiative transfer , division (mathematics) , radiative flux , radiative cooling , divergence (linguistics) , space (punctuation) , atmosphere (unit) , environmental science , flux (metallurgy) , atmospheric radiative transfer codes , atmospheric sciences , physics , mechanics , meteorology , materials science , mathematics , optics , computer science , linguistics , philosophy , arithmetic , metallurgy , operating system
The equation for radiative flux divergence in a stratified atmosphere is derived from first principles. Cooling to space, and internal transfer, are seen as distinct physical processes which merit independent treatment.