AparameterizedradiationandcloudmodeldevelopedattheUniversityofUtah,U.S.A.hasbeenusedtocomputetheatmosphericradiativepropertiesinZhangyeareaduringthepilotexperimentofHEIFEinSeptemberof1988.SomecharacteristicsofatmosphericradiativeheatingfieldsduringtheautumninZhangyeareahavebeenanalysed,andsomequestionsthatmeritattentioninthefutureobservationarealsodiscussedinthispaper.