Adjacency Effects from Layered Box Shaped Clouds by Means of Monte Carlo Simulation

Abstract

Adjacency effects from layered box shaped clouds are clarified by means of Monte Carlo Simulation. Effects of optical depth of the clouds and the atmosphere as well as of surface reflectance of the Earth and the clouds are also found together with the effects from the top and the bottom clouds. In particular, effects of cloud bottom height and cloud side planes are also clarified.