pycontrails 0.58.0__cp314-cp314-macosx_10_13_x86_64.whl

pycontrails/models/cocip/radiative_forcing.py

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+"""
+Module for calculating radiative forcing of contrail cirrus.
+
+References
+----------
+- :cite:`schumannEffectiveRadiusIce2011`
+- :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+"""
+
+from __future__ import annotations
+
+import dataclasses
+import itertools
+
+import numpy as np
+import numpy.typing as npt
+import xarray as xr
+
+from pycontrails.core.met import MetDataArray, MetDataset
+from pycontrails.core.vector import GeoVectorDataset
+from pycontrails.physics import geo
+
+
+@dataclasses.dataclass(frozen=True)
+class RFConstants:
+    """
+    Constants that are used to calculate the local contrail radiative forcing.
+
+    See Table 1 of :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`.
+
+    Each coefficient has 8 elements, one corresponding to each contrail ice particle habit (shape)::
+
+        [
+            Sphere,
+            Solid column,
+            Hollow column,
+            Rough aggregate,
+            Rosette-6,
+            Plate,
+            Droxtal,
+            Myhre,
+        ]
+
+    For each waypoint, the distinct mix of ice particle habits are approximated using the mean
+    contrail ice particle radius (``r_vol_um``) relative to ``radius_threshold_um``.
+
+    For example:
+
+    - if ``r_vol_um`` for a waypoint < 5 um, the mix of ice particle habits will be 100% droxtals.
+    - if ``r_vol_um`` for a waypoint between 5 and 9.5 um, the mix of ice particle habits will
+      be 30% solid columns, 70% droxtals.
+
+    See Table 2 from :cite:`schumannEffectiveRadiusIce2011`.
+
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    - :cite:`schumannEffectiveRadiusIce2011`
+    - :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    """
+
+    # -----
+    # Variables/coefficients used to calculate the local contrail longwave radiative forcing.
+    # -----
+
+    #: Linear approximation of Stefan-Boltzmann Law
+    #: :math:`k_t` in Eq. (2) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    k_t = np.array([1.93466, 1.95456, 1.95994, 1.95906, 1.94397, 1.95123, 2.30363, 1.94611])
+
+    #: Approximates the temperature of the atmosphere without contrails
+    #: :math:`T_{0}` in Eq. (2) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    T_0 = np.array([152.237, 152.724, 152.923, 152.360, 151.879, 152.318, 165.692, 153.073])
+
+    #: Approximate the effective emmissivity factor
+    #: :math:`\delta_{\tau} in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    delta_t = np.array(
+        [0.940846, 0.808397, 0.736222, 0.675591, 0.748757, 0.708515, 0.927592, 0.795527]
+    )
+
+    #: Effective radius scaling factor for optical properties (extinction relative to scattering)
+    #: :math:`\delta_{lr} in Eq. (3) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    delta_lr = np.array([0.211276, 0.341194, 0.325496, 0.255921, 0.170265, 1.65441, 0.201949, 0])
+
+    #: Optical depth scaling factor for reduction of the OLR at the contrail level due
+    #: to existing cirrus above the contrail
+    #: :math:`\delta_{lc} in Eq. (4) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    delta_lc = np.array(
+        [0.159942, 0.0958129, 0.0924850, 0.0462023, 0.132925, 0.0870067, 0.0626339, 0.0665289]
+    )
+
+    # -----
+    # Variables/coefficients used to calculate the local contrail shortwave radiative forcing.
+    # -----
+
+    #: Approximates the dependence on the effective albedo
+    #: :math:`t_a`: Eq. (5) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    t_a = np.array([0.879119, 0.901701, 0.881812, 0.899144, 0.879896, 0.883212, 0.899096, 1.00744])
+
+    # Approximates the albedo of the contrail
+    #: :math:`A_{\mu}` in Eq. (6) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    A_mu = np.array(
+        [0.361226, 0.294072, 0.343894, 0.317866, 0.337227, 0.310978, 0.342593, 0.269179]
+    )
+
+    # Approximates the albedo of the contrail
+    #: :math:`C_{\mu}` in Eq. (6) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    C_mu = np.array(
+        [0.709300, 0.678016, 0.687546, 0.675315, 0.712041, 0.713317, 0.660267, 0.545716]
+    )
+
+    #: Approximates the effective contrail optical depth
+    #: :math:`delta_sr` in Eq. (7) and (8) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    delta_sr = np.array(
+        [0.149851, 0.0254270, 0.0238836, 0.0463724, 0.0478892, 0.0700234, 0.0517942, 0]
+    )
+
+    #: Approximates the effective contrail optical depth
+    #: :math:`F_r` in Eq. (7) and (8) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    F_r = np.array([0.511852, 0.576911, 0.597351, 0.225750, 0.550734, 0.817858, 0.249004, 0])
+
+    #: Approximates the contrail reflectances
+    #: :math:`\gamma` in Eq. (9) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    gamma_lower = np.array(
+        [0.323166, 0.392598, 0.356189, 0.345040, 0.407515, 0.523604, 0.310853, 0.274741]
+    )
+
+    #: Approximates the contrail reflectances
+    #: :math:`\Gamma` in Eq. (9) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    gamma_upper = np.array(
+        [0.241507, 0.347023, 0.288452, 0.296813, 0.327857, 0.437560, 0.274710, 0.208154]
+    )
+
+    #: Approximate the SZA-dependent contrail sideward scattering
+    #: :math:`B_{\mu}` in Eq. (10) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    B_mu = np.array([1.67592, 1.55687, 1.71065, 1.55843, 1.70782, 1.71789, 1.56399, 1.59015])
+
+    #: Account for the optical depth of natural cirrus above the contrail
+    #: :math:`\delta_{sc}` in Eq. (11) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    delta_sc = np.array(
+        [0.157017, 0.143274, 0.167995, 0.148547, 0.173036, 0.162442, 0.171855, 0.213488]
+    )
+
+    #: Account for the optical depth of natural cirrus above the contrail
+    # :math:`\delta'_{sc}` in Eq. (11) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    delta_sc_aps = np.array(
+        [0.229574, 0.197611, 0.245036, 0.204875, 0.248328, 0.254029, 0.244051, 0.302246]
+    )
+
+
+# create a new constants class to use within module
+RF_CONST = RFConstants()
+
+
+# ----------
+# Ice Habits
+# ----------
+
+
+def habit_weights(
+    r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    habit_distributions: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    radius_threshold_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""Assign weights to different ice particle habits for each waypoint.
+
+    For each waypoint, the distinct mix of ice particle habits are approximated
+    using the mean contrail ice particle radius (``r_vol_um``) binned by ``radius_threshold_um``.
+
+    For example:
+
+    - For waypoints with r_vol_um < 5 um, the mix of ice particle habits will
+      be from Group 1 (100% Droxtals, refer to :attr:`CocipParams().habit_distributions`).
+    - For waypoints with 5 um <= ``r_vol_um`` < 9.5 um, the mix of ice particle
+      habits will be from Group 2 (30% solid columns, 70% droxtals)
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    habit_distributions : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit weight distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams().habit_distributions`
+    radius_threshold_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Radius thresholds for habit distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.radius_threshold_um`
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Array with shape ``n_waypoints x 8 columns``, where each column is the weights to the ice
+        particle habits, [:math:`[0 - 1]`], and the sum of each column should be equal to 1.
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        Raises when ``habit_distributions`` do not sum to 1 across columns or
+        if there is a size mismatch with ``radius_threshold_um``.
+    """
+    # all rows of the habit weights should sum to 1
+    if not np.allclose(np.sum(habit_distributions, axis=1), 1.0, atol=1e-3):
+        raise ValueError("Habit weight distributions must sum to 1 across columns")
+
+    if habit_distributions.shape[0] != (radius_threshold_um.size + 1):
+        raise ValueError(
+            "The number of rows in `habit_distributions` must equal 1 + the "
+            "size of `radius_threshold_um`"
+        )
+
+    # assign ice particle habits for each waypoint
+    idx = habit_weight_regime_idx(r_vol_um, radius_threshold_um)
+    return habit_distributions[idx]
+
+
+def habit_weight_regime_idx(
+    r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating], radius_threshold_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.intp]:
+    r"""
+    Determine regime of ice particle habits based on contrail ice particle volume mean radius.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    radius_threshold_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Radius thresholds for habit distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.radius_threshold_um`
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.intp]
+        Row index of the habit distribution in array :attr:`CocipParams().habit_distributions`
+    """
+    # find the regime for each waypoint using thresholds
+    idx = np.digitize(r_vol_um, radius_threshold_um)
+
+    # set any nan values to the "0" type
+    idx[np.isnan(r_vol_um)] = 0
+
+    return idx
+
+
+def effective_radius_by_habit(
+    r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating], habit_idx: npt.NDArray[np.intp]
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""Calculate the effective radius ``r_eff_um`` via the mean ice particle radius and habit type.
+
+    The ``habit_idx`` corresponds to the habit types in ``rf_const.habits``.
+    Each habit type has a specific parameterization to calculate ``r_eff_um`` based on ``r_vol_um``.
+    derived from :cite:`schumannEffectiveRadiusIce2011`.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    habit_idx : npt.NDArray[np.intp]
+        Habit type index for the contrail ice particle, corresponding to the
+        habits in ``rf_const.habits``.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius of ice particles for each combination of ``r_vol_um``
+        and ``habit_idx``, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    - :cite:`schumannEffectiveRadiusIce2011`
+    """
+    cond_list = [
+        habit_idx == 0,
+        habit_idx == 1,
+        habit_idx == 2,
+        habit_idx == 3,
+        habit_idx == 4,
+        habit_idx == 5,
+        habit_idx == 6,
+        habit_idx == 7,
+    ]
+    func_list = [
+        effective_radius_sphere,
+        effective_radius_solid_column,
+        effective_radius_hollow_column,
+        effective_radius_rough_aggregate,
+        effective_radius_rosette,
+        effective_radius_plate,
+        effective_radius_droxtal,
+        effective_radius_myhre,
+        0.0,
+    ]
+    return np.piecewise(r_vol_um, cond_list, func_list)
+
+
+def effective_radius_sphere(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective radius of contrail ice particles assuming a sphere particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    return np.minimum(r_vol_um, 25.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_solid_column(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective radius of contrail ice particles assuming a solid column particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    r_eff_um = (
+        0.2588 * np.exp(-(6.912e-3 * r_vol_um)) + 0.6372 * np.exp(-(3.142e-4 * r_vol_um))
+    ) * r_vol_um
+    is_small = r_vol_um <= 42.2
+    r_eff_um[is_small] = 0.824 * r_vol_um[is_small]
+    return np.minimum(r_eff_um, 45.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_hollow_column(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""Calculate the effective radius of ice particles assuming a hollow column particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    r_eff_um = (
+        0.2281 * np.exp(-(7.359e-3 * r_vol_um)) + 0.5651 * np.exp(-(3.350e-4 * r_vol_um))
+    ) * r_vol_um
+    is_small = r_vol_um <= 39.7
+    r_eff_um[is_small] = 0.729 * r_vol_um[is_small]
+    return np.minimum(r_eff_um, 45.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_rough_aggregate(
+    r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""Calculate the effective radius of ice particles assuming a rough aggregate particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    r_eff_um = 0.574 * r_vol_um
+    return np.minimum(r_eff_um, 45.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_rosette(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective radius of contrail ice particles assuming a rosette particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    r_eff_um = r_vol_um * (
+        0.1770 * np.exp(-(2.144e-2 * r_vol_um)) + 0.4267 * np.exp(-(3.562e-4 * r_vol_um))
+    )
+    return np.minimum(r_eff_um, 45.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_plate(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective radius of contrail ice particles assuming a plate particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    r_eff_um = r_vol_um * (
+        0.1663 + 0.3713 * np.exp(-(0.0336 * r_vol_um)) + 0.3309 * np.exp(-(0.0035 * r_vol_um))
+    )
+    return np.minimum(r_eff_um, 45.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_droxtal(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective radius of contrail ice particles assuming a droxtal particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    r_eff_um = 0.94 * r_vol_um
+    return np.minimum(r_eff_um, 45.0)
+
+
+def effective_radius_myhre(r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating]) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective radius of contrail ice particles assuming a sphere particle habit.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    """
+    return np.minimum(r_vol_um, 45.0)
+
+
+# -----------------
+# Radiative Forcing
+# -----------------
+
+
+def longwave_radiative_forcing(
+    r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    olr: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    air_temperature: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    tau_contrail: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    tau_cirrus: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    habit_weights_: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    r_eff_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating] | None = None,
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the local contrail longwave radiative forcing (:math:`RF_{LW}`).
+
+    All returned values are positive.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    olr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Outgoing longwave radiation at each waypoint, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    air_temperature : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Ambient temperature at each waypoint, [:math:`K`]
+    tau_contrail : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail optical depth at each waypoint
+    tau_cirrus : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Optical depth of numerical weather prediction (NWP) cirrus above the
+        contrail at each waypoint
+    habit_weights_ : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Weights to different ice particle habits for each waypoint,
+        ``n_waypoints x 8`` (habit) columns, [:math:`[0 - 1]`]
+    r_eff_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating] | None, optional
+        Provide effective radius corresponding to elements in ``r_vol_um``, [:math:`\mu m`].
+        Defaults to None, which means the effective radius will be calculated using ``r_vol_um``
+        and habit types in :func:`effective_radius_by_habit`.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Local contrail longwave radiative forcing (positive), [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        If `r_eff_um` and `olr` have different shapes.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    - :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    """
+    # get list of habit weight indexs where the weights > 0
+    # this is a tuple of (np.array[waypoint index], np.array[habit type index])
+    habit_weight_mask = habit_weights_ > 0.0
+    idx0, idx1 = np.nonzero(habit_weight_mask)
+
+    # Convert parametric coefficients for vectorized operations
+    delta_t = RF_CONST.delta_t[idx1]
+    delta_lc = RF_CONST.delta_lc[idx1]
+    delta_lr = RF_CONST.delta_lr[idx1]
+    k_t = RF_CONST.k_t[idx1]
+    T_0 = RF_CONST.T_0[idx1]
+
+    olr_h = olr[idx0]
+    tau_cirrus_h = tau_cirrus[idx0]
+    tau_contrail_h = tau_contrail[idx0]
+    air_temperature_h = air_temperature[idx0]
+
+    # effective radius
+    if r_eff_um is None:
+        r_vol_um_h = r_vol_um[idx0]
+        r_eff_um_h = effective_radius_by_habit(r_vol_um_h, idx1)
+    else:
+        if r_eff_um.shape != olr.shape:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "User provided effective radius (`r_eff_um`) must have the same shape as `olr`"
+                f" {olr.shape}"
+            )
+
+        r_eff_um_h = r_eff_um[idx0]
+
+    # Longwave radiation calculations
+    e_lw = olr_reduction_natural_cirrus(tau_cirrus_h, delta_lc)
+    f_lw = contrail_effective_emissivity(r_eff_um_h, delta_lr)
+
+    # calculate the RF LW per habit type
+    # see eqn (2) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    rf_lw_per_habit = (
+        (olr_h - k_t * (air_temperature_h - T_0))
+        * e_lw
+        * (1.0 - np.exp(-delta_t * f_lw * tau_contrail_h))
+    )
+    rf_lw_per_habit.clip(min=0.0, out=rf_lw_per_habit)
+
+    # Weight and sum the RF contributions of each habit type according the habit weight
+    # regime at the waypoint
+    # see eqn (12) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    # use fancy indexing to re-assign values to 2d array of waypoint x habit type
+    rf_lw_weighted = np.zeros_like(habit_weights_)
+    rf_lw_weighted[idx0, idx1] = rf_lw_per_habit * habit_weights_[habit_weight_mask]
+    return np.sum(rf_lw_weighted, axis=1)
+
+
+def shortwave_radiative_forcing(
+    r_vol_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    sdr: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    rsr: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    sd0: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    tau_contrail: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    tau_cirrus: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    habit_weights_: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    r_eff_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating] | None = None,
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the local contrail shortwave radiative forcing (:math:`RF_{SW}`).
+
+    All returned values are negative.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_vol_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail ice particle volume mean radius, [:math:`\mu m`]
+    sdr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Solar direct radiation, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    rsr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Reflected solar radiation, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    sd0 : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Solar constant, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    tau_contrail : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail optical depth for each waypoint
+    tau_cirrus : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Optical depth of numerical weather prediction (NWP) cirrus above the
+        contrail for each waypoint.
+    habit_weights_ : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Weights to different ice particle habits for each waypoint,
+        ``n_waypoints x 8`` (habit) columns, [:math:`[0 - 1]`]
+    r_eff_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating] | None, optional
+        Provide effective radius corresponding to elements in ``r_vol_um``, [:math:`\mu m`].
+        Defaults to None, which means the effective radius will be calculated using ``r_vol_um``
+        and habit types in :func:`effective_radius_by_habit`.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Local contrail shortwave radiative forcing (negative), [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+
+    Raises
+    ------
+    ValueError
+        If `r_eff_um` and `sdr` have different shapes.
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    - :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    """
+    # create mask for daytime (sdr > 0)
+    day = sdr > 0.0
+
+    # short circuit if no waypoints occur during the day
+    if not day.any():
+        return np.zeros_like(sdr)
+
+    # get list of habit weight indexs where the weights > 0
+    # this is a tuple of (np.array[waypoint index], np.array[habit type index])
+    habit_weight_mask = day.reshape(day.size, 1) & (habit_weights_ > 0.0)
+    idx0, idx1 = np.nonzero(habit_weight_mask)
+
+    # Convert parametric coefficients for vectorized operations
+    t_a = RF_CONST.t_a[idx1]
+    A_mu = RF_CONST.A_mu[idx1]
+    B_mu = RF_CONST.B_mu[idx1]
+    C_mu = RF_CONST.C_mu[idx1]
+    delta_sr = RF_CONST.delta_sr[idx1]
+    F_r = RF_CONST.F_r[idx1]
+    gamma_lower = RF_CONST.gamma_lower[idx1]
+    gamma_upper = RF_CONST.gamma_upper[idx1]
+    delta_sc = RF_CONST.delta_sc[idx1]
+    delta_sc_aps = RF_CONST.delta_sc_aps[idx1]
+
+    sdr_h = sdr[idx0]
+    rsr_h = rsr[idx0]
+    sd0_h = sd0[idx0]
+    tau_contrail_h = tau_contrail[idx0]
+    tau_cirrus_h = tau_cirrus[idx0]
+
+    albedo_ = albedo(sdr_h, rsr_h)
+    mue = np.minimum(sdr_h / sd0_h, 1.0)
+
+    # effective radius
+    if r_eff_um is None:
+        r_vol_um_h = r_vol_um[idx0]
+        r_eff_um_h = effective_radius_by_habit(r_vol_um_h, idx1)
+    else:
+        if r_eff_um.shape != sdr.shape:
+            raise ValueError(
+                "User provided effective radius (`r_eff_um`) must have the same shape as `sdr`"
+                f" {sdr.shape}"
+            )
+
+        r_eff_um_h = r_eff_um[idx0]
+
+    # Local contrail shortwave radiative forcing calculations
+    alpha_c = contrail_albedo(
+        tau_contrail_h,
+        mue,
+        r_eff_um_h,
+        A_mu,
+        B_mu,
+        C_mu,
+        delta_sr,
+        F_r,
+        gamma_lower,
+        gamma_upper,
+    )
+
+    e_sw = effective_tau_cirrus(tau_cirrus_h, mue, delta_sc, delta_sc_aps)
+
+    # calculate the RF SW per habit type
+    # see eqn (5) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    rf_sw_per_habit = np.minimum(-sdr_h * ((t_a - albedo_) ** 2) * alpha_c * e_sw, 0.0)
+
+    # Weight and sum the RF contributions of each habit type according the
+    # habit weight regime at the waypoint
+    # see eqn (12) in :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`
+    # use fancy indexing to re-assign values to 2d array of waypoint x habit type
+    rf_sw_weighted = np.zeros_like(habit_weights_)
+    rf_sw_weighted[idx0, idx1] = rf_sw_per_habit * habit_weights_[habit_weight_mask]
+
+    return np.sum(rf_sw_weighted, axis=1)
+
+
+def net_radiative_forcing(
+    rf_lw: npt.NDArray[np.floating], rf_sw: npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    """
+    Calculate the local contrail net radiative forcing (rf_net).
+
+    RF Net = Longwave RF (positive) + Shortwave RF (negative)
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    rf_lw : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        local contrail longwave radiative forcing, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    rf_sw : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        local contrail shortwave radiative forcing, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        local contrail net radiative forcing, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    """
+    return rf_lw + rf_sw
+
+
+def olr_reduction_natural_cirrus(
+    tau_cirrus: npt.NDArray[np.floating], delta_lc: npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    """
+    Calculate reduction in outgoing longwave radiation (OLR) due to the presence of natural cirrus.
+
+    Natural cirrus has optical depth ``tau_cirrus`` above the contrail.
+    See ``e_lw`` in Eq. (4) of Schumann et al. (2012).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tau_cirrus : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Optical depth of numerical weather prediction (NWP) cirrus above the
+        contrail for each waypoint.
+    delta_lc : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit specific parameter to approximate the reduction of the outgoing
+        longwave radiation at the contrail level due to natural cirrus above the contrail.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Reduction of outgoing longwave radiation
+    """
+    # e_lw calculations
+    return np.exp(-delta_lc * tau_cirrus)
+
+
+def contrail_effective_emissivity(
+    r_eff_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating], delta_lr: npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""Calculate the effective emissivity of the contrail, ``f_lw``.
+
+    Refer to Eq. (3) of Schumann et al. (2012).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    r_eff_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius for each waypoint, n_waypoints x 8 (habit) columns, [:math:`\mu m`]
+        See :func:`effective_radius_habit`.
+    delta_lr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit specific parameter to approximate the effective emissivity of the contrail.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective emissivity of the contrail
+    """
+    # f_lw calculations
+    return 1.0 - np.exp(-delta_lr * r_eff_um)
+
+
+def albedo(
+    sdr: npt.NDArray[np.floating], rsr: npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    """
+    Calculate albedo along contrail waypoint.
+
+    Albedo, the diffuse reflection of solar radiation out of the total solar radiation,
+    is computed based on the solar direct radiation (`sdr`) and reflected solar radiation (`rsr`).
+
+    Output values range between 0 (corresponding to a black body that absorbs
+    all incident radiation) and 1 (a body that reflects all incident radiation).
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    sdr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Solar direct radiation, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+    rsr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Reflected solar radiation, [:math:`W m^{-2}`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Albedo value, [:math:`[0 - 1]`]
+    """
+    day = sdr > 0.0
+    albedo_ = np.zeros(sdr.shape)
+    albedo_[day] = rsr[day] / sdr[day]
+    albedo_.clip(0.0, 1.0, out=albedo_)
+    return albedo_
+
+
+def contrail_albedo(
+    tau_contrail: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    mue: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    r_eff_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    A_mu: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    B_mu: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    C_mu: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    delta_sr: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    F_r: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    gamma_lower: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    gamma_upper: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the contrail albedo, ``alpha_c``.
+
+    Refer to Eq. (6) of Schumann et al. (2012),
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tau_contrail : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail optical depth for each waypoint
+    mue : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Cosine of the solar zenith angle (theta), mue = cos(theta) = sdr/sd0
+    r_eff_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective radius for each waypoint, n_waypoints x 8 (habit) columns, [:math:`\mu m`]
+        See :func:`effective_radius_habit`.
+    A_mu : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the albedo of the contrail
+    B_mu : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the SZA-dependent contrail sideward scattering
+    C_mu : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the albedo of the contrail
+    delta_sr : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the effective contrail optical depth
+    F_r : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the effective contrail optical depth
+    gamma_lower : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the contrail reflectances
+    gamma_upper : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to approximate the contrail reflectances
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Contrail albedo for each waypoint and ice particle habit
+    """
+    tau_aps = tau_contrail * (1.0 - F_r * (1 - np.exp(-delta_sr * r_eff_um)))
+    tau_eff = tau_aps / (mue + 1e-6)
+    r_c = 1.0 - np.exp(-gamma_upper * tau_eff)
+    r_c_aps = np.exp(-gamma_lower * tau_eff)
+
+    f_mu = (2.0 * (1.0 - mue)) ** B_mu - 1.0
+    return r_c * (C_mu + (A_mu * r_c_aps * f_mu))
+
+
+def effective_tau_cirrus(
+    tau_cirrus: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    mue: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    delta_sc: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    delta_sc_aps: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+) -> npt.NDArray[np.floating]:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the effective optical depth of natural cirrus above the contrail, ``e_sw``.
+
+    Refer to Eq. (11) of :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`. See Notes for
+    a correction to the equation.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    tau_cirrus : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Optical depth of numerical weather prediction (NWP) cirrus above the
+        contrail for each waypoint.
+    mue : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Cosine of the solar zenith angle (theta), mue = cos(theta) = sdr/sd0
+    delta_sc : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to account for the optical depth of natural
+        cirrus above the contrail
+    delta_sc_aps : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit-specific parameter to account for the optical depth of natural
+        cirrus above the contrail
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Effective optical depth of natural cirrus above the contrail,
+        ``n_waypoints x 8`` (habit) columns.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    - In a personal correspondence, Dr. Schumann identified a print error in Eq. (11) in
+      :cite:`schumannParametricRadiativeForcing2012`, where the positions of ``delta_sc_aps``
+      and ``delta_sc`` should be swapped. The correct function is provided below.
+    """
+    tau_cirrus_eff = tau_cirrus / (mue + 1e-6)
+    return np.exp(tau_cirrus * delta_sc_aps - tau_cirrus_eff * delta_sc)
+
+
+# -----------------------------
+# Contrail-contrail overlapping
+# -----------------------------
+
+
+def contrail_contrail_overlap_radiative_effects(
+    contrails: GeoVectorDataset,
+    habit_distributions: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    radius_threshold_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    *,
+    min_altitude_m: float = 6000.0,
+    max_altitude_m: float = 13000.0,
+    dz_overlap_m: float = 500.0,
+    spatial_grid_res: float = 0.25,
+) -> GeoVectorDataset:
+    r"""
+    Calculate radiative properties after accounting for contrail overlapping.
+
+    This function mutates the ``contrails`` parameter.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    contrails : GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at a given time. Must include the following variables:
+        - segment_length
+        - width
+        - r_ice_vol
+        - tau_contrail
+        - tau_cirrus
+        - air_temperature
+        - sdr
+        - rsr
+        - olr
+
+    habit_distributions : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit weight distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.habit_distributions`
+    radius_threshold_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Radius thresholds for habit distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.radius_threshold_um`
+    min_altitude_m : float
+        Minimum altitude domain in simulation, [:math:`m`]
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.min_altitude_m`
+    max_altitude_m : float
+        Maximum altitude domain in simulation, [:math:`m`]
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.min_altitude_m`
+    dz_overlap_m : float
+        Altitude interval used to segment contrail waypoints, [:math:`m`]
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.dz_overlap_m`
+    spatial_grid_res : float
+        Spatial grid resolution, [:math:`\deg`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at a given time with additional variables attached, including
+        - rsr_overlap
+        - olr_overlap
+        - tau_cirrus_overlap
+        - rf_sw_overlap
+        - rf_lw_overlap
+        - rf_net_overlap
+
+    References
+    ----------
+    - Schumann et al. (2021) Air traffic and contrail changes over Europe during COVID-19:
+        A model study, Atmos. Chem. Phys., 21, 7429-7450, https://doi.org/10.5194/ACP-21-7429-2021.
+    - Teoh et al. (2023) Global aviation contrail climate effects from 2019 to 2021.
+
+    Notes
+    -----
+    - The radiative effects of contrail-contrail overlapping is approximated by changing the
+      background RSR and OLR fields, and the overlying cirrus optical depth above the contrail.
+    - All contrail segments within each altitude interval are treated as one contrail layer, where
+      they do not overlap. Contrail layers are processed starting from the bottom to the top.
+    - Refer to the Supporting Information (S4.3) of Teoh et al. (2023)
+    """
+    assert "segment_length" in contrails
+    assert "width" in contrails
+    assert "r_ice_vol" in contrails
+    assert "tau_contrail" in contrails
+    assert "tau_cirrus" in contrails
+    assert "air_temperature" in contrails
+    assert "sdr" in contrails
+    assert "rsr" in contrails
+    assert "olr" in contrails
+
+    if not contrails:
+        raise ValueError("Parameter 'contrails' must be non-empty.")
+
+    time = contrails["time"]
+    time0 = time[0]
+    if not np.all(time == time0):
+        raise ValueError("Contrail waypoints must have a constant time.")
+
+    longitude = contrails["longitude"]
+    latitude = contrails["latitude"]
+    altitude = contrails.altitude
+
+    spatial_bbox = geo.spatial_bounding_box(longitude, latitude)
+    west, south, east, north = spatial_bbox
+
+    assert spatial_grid_res > 0.01
+    lon_coords = np.arange(west, east + 0.01, spatial_grid_res)
+    lat_coords = np.arange(south, north + 0.01, spatial_grid_res)
+
+    dims = ["longitude", "latitude", "level", "time"]
+    shape = (len(lon_coords), len(lat_coords), 1, 1)
+    delta_rad_t = xr.Dataset(
+        data_vars={"rsr": (dims, np.zeros(shape)), "olr": (dims, np.zeros(shape))},
+        coords={"longitude": lon_coords, "latitude": lat_coords, "level": [-1.0], "time": [time0]},
+    )
+
+    # Initialise radiation fields to store change in background RSR and OLR due to contrails
+    rsr_overlap = np.zeros_like(longitude)
+    olr_overlap = np.zeros_like(longitude)
+    tau_cirrus_overlap = np.zeros_like(longitude)
+    rf_sw_overlap = np.zeros_like(longitude)
+    rf_lw_overlap = np.zeros_like(longitude)
+    rf_net_overlap = np.zeros_like(longitude)
+
+    # Account for contrail overlapping starting from bottom to top layers
+    altitude_layers = np.arange(min_altitude_m, max_altitude_m + 1.0, dz_overlap_m)
+
+    for alt_layer0, alt_layer1 in itertools.pairwise(altitude_layers):
+        is_in_layer = (altitude >= alt_layer0) & (altitude < alt_layer1)
+
+        # Get contrail waypoints at current altitude layer
+        contrails_level = contrails.filter(is_in_layer, copy=True)
+
+        # Skip altitude layer if no contrails are present
+        if not contrails_level:
+            continue
+
+        # Get contrails above altitude layer
+        is_above_layer = (altitude >= alt_layer1) & (altitude <= max_altitude_m)
+        contrails_above = contrails.filter(is_above_layer, copy=True)
+
+        contrails_level = _contrail_optical_depth_above_contrail_layer(
+            contrails_level,
+            contrails_above,
+            spatial_bbox=spatial_bbox,
+            spatial_grid_res=spatial_grid_res,
+        )
+
+        # Calculate updated RSR and OLR with contrail overlapping
+        contrails_level = _rsr_and_olr_with_contrail_overlap(contrails_level, delta_rad_t)
+
+        # Calculate local contrail SW and LW RF with contrail overlapping
+        contrails_level = _local_sw_and_lw_rf_with_contrail_overlap(
+            contrails_level, habit_distributions, radius_threshold_um
+        )
+
+        # Cumulative change in background RSR and OLR fields
+        delta_rad_t = _change_in_background_rsr_and_olr(
+            contrails_level,
+            delta_rad_t,
+            spatial_bbox=spatial_bbox,
+            spatial_grid_res=spatial_grid_res,
+        )
+
+        # Save values
+        rsr_overlap[is_in_layer] = contrails_level["rsr_overlap"]
+        olr_overlap[is_in_layer] = contrails_level["olr_overlap"]
+        tau_cirrus_overlap[is_in_layer] = (
+            contrails_level["tau_cirrus"] + contrails_level["tau_contrails_above"]
+        )
+        rf_sw_overlap[is_in_layer] = contrails_level["rf_sw_overlap"]
+        rf_lw_overlap[is_in_layer] = contrails_level["rf_lw_overlap"]
+        rf_net_overlap[is_in_layer] = contrails_level["rf_net_overlap"]
+
+    # Add new variables to contrails
+    contrails["rsr_overlap"] = rsr_overlap
+    contrails["olr_overlap"] = olr_overlap
+    contrails["tau_cirrus_overlap"] = tau_cirrus_overlap
+    contrails["rf_sw_overlap"] = rf_sw_overlap
+    contrails["rf_lw_overlap"] = rf_lw_overlap
+    contrails["rf_net_overlap"] = rf_net_overlap
+
+    return contrails
+
+
+def _contrail_optical_depth_above_contrail_layer(
+    contrails_level: GeoVectorDataset,
+    contrails_above: GeoVectorDataset,
+    spatial_bbox: tuple[float, float, float, float],
+    spatial_grid_res: float,
+) -> GeoVectorDataset:
+    r"""
+    Calculate the contrail optical depth above the contrail waypoints.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    contrails_level : GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer.
+    contrails_above : GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints above the current altitude layer.
+    spatial_bbox: tuple[float, float, float, float]
+        Spatial bounding box, ``(lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max)``, [:math:`\deg`]
+    spatial_grid_res : float
+        Spatial grid resolution, [:math:`\deg`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer with `tau_contrails_above` attached.
+    """
+    contrails_above["tau_contrails_above"] = (
+        contrails_above["tau_contrail"]
+        * contrails_above["segment_length"]
+        * contrails_above["width"]
+    )
+
+    # Aggregate contrail optical depth to a longitude-latitude grid
+    da = contrails_above.to_lon_lat_grid(
+        agg={"tau_contrails_above": "sum"},
+        spatial_bbox=spatial_bbox,
+        spatial_grid_res=spatial_grid_res,
+    )["tau_contrails_above"]
+    da = da.expand_dims(level=[-1.0], time=[contrails_level["time"][0]])
+    da = da.transpose("longitude", "latitude", "level", "time")
+
+    da_surface_area = geo.grid_surface_area(da["longitude"].values, da["latitude"].values)
+    da = da / da_surface_area
+    mda = MetDataArray(da)
+
+    # Interpolate to contrails_level
+    contrails_level["tau_contrails_above"] = contrails_level.intersect_met(mda)
+    return contrails_level
+
+
+def _rsr_and_olr_with_contrail_overlap(
+    contrails_level: GeoVectorDataset, delta_rad_t: xr.Dataset
+) -> GeoVectorDataset:
+    """
+    Calculate RSR and OLR at contrail waypoints after accounting for contrail overlapping.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    contrails_level : GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer.
+    delta_rad_t : xr.Dataset
+        Radiation fields with cumulative change in RSR and OLR due to contrail overlapping.
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer with `rsr_overlap` and
+        `olr_overlap` attached.
+    """
+    mds = MetDataset(delta_rad_t)
+
+    # Interpolate radiation fields to obtain `rsr_overlap` and `olr_overlap`
+    delta_rsr = contrails_level.intersect_met(mds["rsr"])
+    delta_olr = contrails_level.intersect_met(mds["olr"])
+
+    # Constrain RSR so it is not larger than the SDR
+    contrails_level["rsr_overlap"] = np.minimum(
+        contrails_level["sdr"],
+        contrails_level["rsr"] + delta_rsr,
+    )
+
+    # Constrain OLR so it is not smaller than 80% of the original value
+    contrails_level["olr_overlap"] = np.maximum(
+        0.8 * contrails_level["olr"],
+        contrails_level["olr"] + delta_olr,
+    )
+    return contrails_level
+
+
+def _local_sw_and_lw_rf_with_contrail_overlap(
+    contrails_level: GeoVectorDataset,
+    habit_distributions: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+    radius_threshold_um: npt.NDArray[np.floating],
+) -> GeoVectorDataset:
+    """
+    Calculate local contrail SW and LW RF after accounting for contrail overlapping.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    contrails_level : GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer.
+    habit_distributions : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Habit weight distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams().habit_distributions`
+    radius_threshold_um : npt.NDArray[np.floating]
+        Radius thresholds for habit distributions.
+        See :attr:`CocipParams.radius_threshold_um`
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer with `rf_sw_overlap`,
+        `rf_lw_overlap`, and `rf_net_overlap` attached.
+    """
+    r_vol_um = contrails_level["r_ice_vol"] * 1e6
+    habit_w = habit_weights(r_vol_um, habit_distributions, radius_threshold_um)
+
+    # Calculate solar constant
+    theta_rad = geo.orbital_position(contrails_level["time"])
+    sd0 = geo.solar_constant(theta_rad)
+    tau_contrail = contrails_level["tau_contrail"]
+    tau_cirrus = contrails_level["tau_cirrus"] + contrails_level["tau_contrails_above"]
+
+    # Calculate local SW and LW RF
+    contrails_level["rf_sw_overlap"] = shortwave_radiative_forcing(
+        r_vol_um,
+        contrails_level["sdr"],
+        contrails_level["rsr_overlap"],
+        sd0,
+        tau_contrail,
+        tau_cirrus,
+        habit_w,
+    )
+
+    contrails_level["rf_lw_overlap"] = longwave_radiative_forcing(
+        r_vol_um,
+        contrails_level["olr_overlap"],
+        contrails_level["air_temperature"],
+        tau_contrail,
+        tau_cirrus,
+        habit_w,
+    )
+    contrails_level["rf_net_overlap"] = (
+        contrails_level["rf_lw_overlap"] + contrails_level["rf_sw_overlap"]
+    )
+    return contrails_level
+
+
+def _change_in_background_rsr_and_olr(
+    contrails_level: GeoVectorDataset,
+    delta_rad_t: xr.Dataset,
+    *,
+    spatial_bbox: tuple[float, float, float, float] = (-180.0, -90.0, 180.0, 90.0),
+    spatial_grid_res: float = 0.5,
+) -> xr.Dataset:
+    r"""
+    Calculate change in background RSR and OLR fields.
+
+    Parameters
+    ----------
+    contrails_level : GeoVectorDataset
+        Contrail waypoints at the current altitude layer.
+    delta_rad_t : xr.Dataset
+        Radiation fields with cumulative change in RSR and OLR due to contrail overlapping.
+    spatial_bbox: tuple[float, float, float, float]
+        Spatial bounding box, ``(lon_min, lat_min, lon_max, lat_max)``, [:math:`\deg`]
+    spatial_grid_res : float
+        Spatial grid resolution, [:math:`\deg`]
+
+    Returns
+    -------
+    xr.Dataset
+        Radiation fields with cumulative change in RSR and OLR due to contrail overlapping.
+    """
+    # Calculate SW and LW radiative flux (Units: W)
+    segment_length = contrails_level["segment_length"]
+    width = contrails_level["width"]
+
+    contrails_level["sw_radiative_flux"] = (
+        np.abs(contrails_level["rf_sw_overlap"]) * segment_length * width
+    )
+
+    contrails_level["lw_radiative_flux"] = contrails_level["rf_lw_overlap"] * segment_length * width
+
+    # Aggregate SW and LW radiative flux to a longitude-latitude grid
+    ds = contrails_level.to_lon_lat_grid(
+        agg={"sw_radiative_flux": "sum", "lw_radiative_flux": "sum"},
+        spatial_bbox=spatial_bbox,
+        spatial_grid_res=spatial_grid_res,
+    )
+    ds = ds.expand_dims(level=[-1.0], time=[contrails_level["time"][0]])
+    da_surface_area = geo.grid_surface_area(ds["longitude"].values, ds["latitude"].values)
+
+    # Cumulative change in RSR and OLR
+    delta_rad_t["rsr"] += ds["sw_radiative_flux"] / da_surface_area
+    delta_rad_t["olr"] -= ds["lw_radiative_flux"] / da_surface_area
+    return delta_rad_t