Dust Opacity Ratio (Thermal to Visible)

Input Parameter

TAURAT

Physical Definition

The ratio of thermal dust opacity to visible dust opacity.

Davinci Usage

Davinci Definition:

• Same as Physical Definition

Values:

• Input = Real Value Parameter

• Can also be input as Seasonal-Dependent Parameter

i.e. 2 x n array: where entries in column 1 is a particular seasonal indicator and entries in column 2 is the dust opacity ratio for the particular seasonal indicator of the same row

• Units: Unitless

• Range = (0, 1)

• Default Value = 0.50

Input Parameter Name:

• TAURAT

KRC Usage

KRC Definition:

• Same as Physical Definition

Values:

• Input = Real Value Parameter in F10.2 FORTRAN format

i.e. Floating point value, with a field width of 10, including leading blank spaces, plus or minus sign, decimal point and 2 integers after the decimal point.

• Units: Same as Davinci

• Range = Same as Davinci

• Default Value = Same as Davinci

Input Parameter Name:

• Same as Davinci

Example:

See the default master input file as an example: master.inp