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The container is empty (air), and I use a model considering solar (shortwave) absorption, longwave atmospheric irradiance aborption, graybody emission from the container and convection. But the contribution of the inside of the container is what I am not sure of since currently the roof is...

How do I calculate the surface temperature of a shipping container's roof over 24 hours? All weather and sun parameters are known and I use an energy balance equation, but the contribution of the inside of the container causes the calculated values (rise too fast) to differ from the measured ones.

When I view the sea surface for a few seconds (using a camera), some wave facets have very high radiance values. I understand that there is a distribution of slopes and that one can determine a statistical radiance distribution, but how do I calculated the reflected radiance from a single wave...

If laser energy travels through a non-homogeneous cloud, does the velocity changes with the cloud density as well or only due to the different than air index of refraction?