Solar radiative transfer for stratiform clouds with horizontal variations in liquid‐water path and droplet effective radius

Abstract Effects of horizontal variations in liquid‐water path (LWP) and droplet effective radius ( r e ) on solar radiative‐transfer properties of stratiform clouds are addressed. To this end, a broadband Monte Carlo solar radiation code and in situ aircraft observations of cloud properties collected in the Radiation, Aerosol and Cloud Experiment are used. The experiments confirm that the radiative impact of cloud horizontal inhomogeneity is …