The sensitivity of domain‐averaged solar fluxes to assumptions about cloud geometry

Abstract The effects on domain‐averaged broad‐band solar fluxes due to assumptions about geometry of connective clouds are explored using a Monte Carlo algorithm and 3D distributions of water generated by a cloud‐resolving model (CRM). Domains are (400 km) with 2 km horizontal grid‐spacing, δx, and 35 layers of varying thickness. Optical properties are computed based on single‐scattering parametrizations for hydrometeors and the correlated k …