Toa
- TOARadiativeForcing
model
gaschem
radiation
Top-of-atmosphere (TOA) radiative-flux balance for a 0-D planetary climate model, following Seinfeld & Pandis (2006) Chapter 4 Eq. 4.11. Implements the net incoming flux F_net = S_0/4 · (1 - R_p) - F_L as a single algebraic relation between the absorbed shortwave flux F_S = S_0/4 · (1 - R_p) (Eq. 4.5, the spherical-projection factor of 1/4 accounts for the planet receiving solar flux over its cross-section πR² but emitting over its full surface 4πR²) and the outgoing longwave flux F_L (input parameter, typically supplied by the sibling PlanetaryEnergyBalance / StefanBoltzmann components in this domain). Sign convention: positive F_net means the planet is gaining energy (warming); negative F_net means losing energy (cooling). At default parameters (S_0=1370 W/m², R_p=0.3, F_L=239.75 W/m²) the planet is in exact radiative equilibrium (F_net = 0). Migrated from GasChem.jl@8c12c048 src/radiation_fundamentals.jl:327 (`TOARadiativeForcing` @component). Sibling component to PhotonEnergy (Eq. 4.1), BlackbodyRadiation (Eq. 4.2), WienDisplacement (Eq. 4.3), StefanBoltzmann (Eq. 4.4), PlanetaryEnergyBalance (Eqs. 4.5-4.7), ClimateSensitivity (Eqs. 4.8-4.10) — together they compose the upstream RadiationFundamentals (radiation_fundamentals.jl:367) system.