Computation of domain‐average radiative flux profiles using Gaussian quadrature

A method for calculating domain‐average radiative flux profiles, called Gaussian Quadrature Independent Column Approximation (GQ‐ICA), is introduced and assessed using cloud properties retrieved from A‐Train satellite data. This method could be suitable for use in large‐scale atmospheric models. Like the Monte Carlo ICA (McICA), GQ‐ICA uses N stochastically generated subgrid‐scale cloudy columns. The independent variable is the sorted, from …