Radiative transfer within the earth's troposphere and stratosphere - A simplified radiative-convective model

A radiative transfer model of the troposphere and stratosphere is presented which includes both long-wave cooling and solar heating due to H2O, CO2 and O3 and has a simplified formulation which facilitates the inclusion of Doppler broadening, H2O continuum bands, hot and minor isotopic bands of CO2, and overlap of H2O bands with CO2 and O3 bands. The radiative model is used to develop an accurate radiative-convective model for studying the global surface temperature, stratospheric thermal structure and the net outgoing long-wave flux.