Solar and terrestrial parameterizations for radiative-convective models

We present a radiative-convective modelling technique with parameterizations, for both solar and terrestrial radiation transfer, which allow the rapid computation of the mean vertical temperature profile from the ground to the thermosphere. Our method has been specifically designed for modelling the evolution of the Earth's mean vertical temperature structure due to changes in atmospheric composition, variations in the solar flux, surface albedo, cloud cover, water vapour and lapse rate, and changes in the temperature of the thermosphere which is associated with solar activity.