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CAM3 Column Outputs
CURD
We output new diagnostics:
FLUC:long_name = "Clear-sky upwelling longwave flux at each level" ;
FLU:long_name = "Upwelling longwave flux at each level" ;
FSUC:long_name = "Clear-sky upwelling shortwave flux at each level" ;
FSU:long_name = "Upwelling shortwave flux at each level" ;
from which we plot the cloud-induced upward radiative divergences (CURDs)
SWCURD = d/dp(FSU - FSUC)
LWCURD = d/dp(FLU - FLUC)
SWCURD shows the altitudes where clouds reject sunlight,
LWCURD shows the altitudes where they reduce emission.
For an optically cloud, LWCURD convergence will be
at the base, and SWCURD divergence at the top.
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