Dataset and dependencies for the 1D-analysis of sensitivity of ice cloud radiative heating rate

This dataset includes all the files (.nc and .nam) needed to reproduce the ecRad radiative transfer calcuations used in the manuscript "Ice crystal complexity leads to weaker ice cloud radiative heating in idealized single-column simulations": "1-ecrad_config_files.zip": 4 ecRad .nam config files, each for 4 ice optical scheme under test. "1-ecrad_inputs_files.zip": 9 .nc files, including idealized single columns following ecRad input format. One input file for test 1 (cloud altitude/temperature), 2a (Geometrical Depth with fixed cloud top temeprature) and 2b (Geometrical Depth with fixed cloud bottom temeprature). Three files for each temperature level in test 3 (Ice water path) and test 4 (Effective radius). "2-ecrad_outputs_files.zip": 30 output .nc files retrieved after running ecRad radiative transfer calculation. 4 different ice optical schemes are used for each input file described in point 2, excepting test 4, which consider only 2 schemes under test. "3-crh_matrices.zip": 5 .nc files with the CRH tables to produce the figures included in the manuscript. One file per each test proposed. "tropical_profile_ellingson_250m.txt": tropical climatology profiles used to build input files. Last update: 2025-04-24