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Radiation

code

SW form

albedo

SW penetration

LW form

AWI

 

 

 

 

 DRAKKAR

 Daily averaged

 O=.1, MI=.5, I=.6, MS=.7, S=.8

 Yes

 Separate up & down

GSFC

Parkinson and Washington, 1979

 O=0.1, I=0.68, S=0.85, linear between S and I for surface temperatures above 10C

 no

separate up & down, PW

ICMMG

daily averaged

O=.1, MI=.68, I=.7, MS=.77, S=.81

yes

Rosati & Miyakoda, 1988

LANL

 

O=.1, MI=.68, I=.7, MS=.77, S=.81

yes

Rosati & Miyakoda, 1988

LU

daily averaged

O=.1, MI=.5, I=.6, MS=.7, S=.8

yes

Rosati & Miyakoda, 1988

NERSC

daily averaged

.03<O<.45, MI<=.6, I<=.7, MS=.75, S=.85

yes

*

NPS

 

 

 

Zhang et al, 1999

NYU

daily averaged

O=.1, MI=.4, I=.5, MS=.7, S=.8

 

Holland, 1993

POL

daily averaged, Zillman (1972), Shine (1984)]

O=.1, MI=.5, I=.6, MS=.7, S=.8

yes

net (Berliand & Berliand, 1952)

FEMAO

daily cycle Zillman (1972)

O=.1, MI=.65 -0.075*(T+1.) (T>-1), I=.65, MS = 0.80 -0.1*(T+1.0) (T>-1), S=.8

yes

 Rosati & Miyakoda, 1988

INMOM

daily averaged

O=0.1, MI=0.5, I=0.6 , MS=0.7, S=0.8

 

 

RCO

daily cycle, (Bodin, 1979; Laevastu, 1960)

O=Fresnel, MI=0.3, I=0.7, MS=0.77, S=0.87

yes

Maykut and Church (1973)

UCL

daily averaged

O=.1, MI=.5, I=.6, MS=.7, S=.8

yes

separate up & down

UW

 

 

 

 

DAL

 

 

 

 

FSU

 

 

 

 

GFDL

 

 

 

 

IARC-A

Parkinson and Washington (1979)

O=.1, MI=.5, I=.6, MS=.8, S=.8

yes

Rosati & Miyakoda, 1988

IARC-B

daily averaged

O=.05, MI=.6, I=.7, MS=.75,S=.8

yes

separate up & down

ECCO2

6-hourly

O=0.16, MI=0.71, I=0.7, MS=0.81, S=0.87

yes

separate up & down

MIT

 

 

 

 

NCAR

 

 

 

 

NPI

 

 

 

 

UMASD

 

 

 

 

NOCS/ORCA25

daily averaged

albedo scheme following Grenfell & Perovich, 1984; Payne, 1972; Shine & Hendersson-Sellers

yes

separate up and down LW

MCGU

 

 

 

 

LOCEAN

SW: downward: prescribed

O=.06, MI=.5, I=.72, MS=.7, S=.85; Shine and Henderson-Sellers (1985)

SW penetration: 2 band light penetration

LW: downward: prescribed ; upward: parametrized

IOS

daily averaged

O=.1, MI=.5, I=.6, MS=.7, S=.8

yes

Rosati & Miyakoda, 1988

when 5 broad band albedo are  used, "O"=ocean, "MI"=melting ice, "I"=ice, "MS"=melting snow, "S"=snow emissivities: O=.97, I=.98, S=.98 (except NYU: I=.97, S=.99)
* NERSC: similar procedure as for the turbulent air-sea fluxes