PRELIMINARY ANALYSIS OF THE ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE HEATING FIELDS IN AUTUMN IN THE MID LATITUDE ARID AREAS OF CHINA

A parameterized radiation and cloud model developed at the University of Utah,U.S.A.has been used to compute the atmospheric radiative properties in Zhangye area during the pilot experiment of HEIFE in September of 1988.Some characteristics of atmospheric radiative heating fields during the autumn in Zhangye area have been analysed,and some questions that merit attention in the future observation are also discussed in this paper.