Table 3 A priori information and prescribed ranges of the elements of the solution vector

COT, liquid clouds

–

–

0.25

30 (8)^a

COT, ice clouds

–

–

0.04

30 (8)

T _sfc (K), ocean

T’ _sfc

0.7

T’ _sfc – 2.1

T’ _sfc + 2.1

T _sfc (K), land

T’ _sfc

3

T’ _sfc – 9

T’ _sfc + 9

 ln[W (kg/m²)]

ln0.04

4

–

–

 ln[r _e (μm)]

ln10

1.0

ln2

ln30

 ln[W (kg/m²)]

ln0.02

4

–

–

 ln[r _e (μm)]

ln25

1.0

ln3

ln100