SUBROUTINE COEF(SST,KL19,KL37,KV19,KV37,TOX19,TOX37) C C This subroutine calculates the absorption coefficients and c the oxygen transmission at 19 and 37 GHz given the SST and c parameterizing the effective cloud emission temperature. c c INPUT: C SST - Sea surface temperature in Kelvin (for a c particular grid box) c OUTPUT: c KL19 - Liquid water mass absorption coefficient at 19 GHz [m^2/kg] c KL37 - Liquid water mass absorption coefficient at 37 GHz [m^2/kg] c KV19 - Water vapor mass absorption coefficient at 19 GHz [m^2/kg] c KV37 - Water vapor mass absorption coefficient at 37 GHz [m^2/kg] c TOX19 - Oxygen transmission at 19 GHz c TOX37 - Oxygen transmission at 37 GHz c REAL SST,KL19,KL37,KV19,KV37,TOX19,TOX37 C C Set effective cloud emission temp TC = SST - 6. c C Compute liquid water mass absorption coefficients (m**2/kg) C From Petty Ph.D. dissertation, 1990 c TCEL = TC - 273.15 KL19 = 0.0786 -0.230E-2*TCEL + $ 0.448E-4*TCEL**2 -0.464E-6*TCEL**3 KL37 = 0.267 -0.673E-2*TCEL + $ 0.975E-4*TCEL**2 -0.724E-6*TCEL**3 c c Water vapor absoprtion coefficient and oxygen transmittance c taken from Greenwald et al. (1993). c TSCEL = SST - 273.15 TOX19 = 0.9779 -6.314E-5*TSCEL + $ 7.746E-6*TSCEL**2 - 1.003E-7*TSCEL**3 TOX37 = 0.9269 -8.525E-5*TSCEL + $ 1.807E-5*TSCEL**2 - 2.008E-7*TSCEL**3 KV19 = 2.58E-3 * (300./SST)**0.477 KV37 = 2.12E-3 RETURN END