==== Case E5: US standard atmosphere and cirrus cloud ==== In this case we include the US standard atmosphere, the corresponding Rayleigh scattering optical thickness and molecular absorption profiles are provided at 450 nm. In addition we include a cirrus cloud layer. //Setup:// * model atmosphere US-standard, scattering optical thickness provided in file {{:intercomparisons:phase_e:tau_rayleigh_450nm_usstd.dat|}}, molecular absorption optical thicknes in {{:intercomparisons:phase_e:tau_absorption_450nm_usstd.dat|}}. The file includes 2 columns where the first is the altitude of the layer boundaries in km, and the second is the layer optical thickness (e.g. the value for 0 km corresponds to the optical thickness for the layer from 0 to 1 km). * cirrus cloud layer between 10 and 11 km altitdue with an optical thickness of 1.0. The aecirrus optical properties are given in the file {{:intercomparisons:phase_e:ic.ghm.baum.cdf}}. The format of the file is the same as in case D4. * wavelength: 450 nm * Rayleigh depolarization factor: 0.03 * surface albedo: 0 * Earth radius: 6371 km * E5_1: Polarized zenith radiance as a function of sun position * solar zenith angle: //sza//: 80°-100° (90° corresponds to horizontal direction) * solar azimuth angle: //saa//: 65° * viewing zenith angle: 5° * viewing azimuth angle: 0° *E5_2: Limb radiance at top of atmosphere for tangent heights between 0 and 90 km * viewing zenith angle at TOA: //vza//: corresponding to tangent heights 0-90km, 2km increment * viewing azimuth angle at TOA: //vaa//: 0° * solar zenith angles: //sza//: 60° * solar azimuth angles: //saa//: 0°, 90° //Output format:// Please include your data in the netcdf file {{:intercomparisons:phase_d:iprt_phase3_model.nc|IPRT_phase3_MODELNAME.nc}}.