Statistics – Applications
Scientific paper
Feb 1994
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1994a%26a...282..277w&link_type=abstract
Astronomy and Astrophysics (ISSN 0004-6361), vol. 282, no. 1, p. 277-290
Statistics
Applications
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Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Radiation, Infrared Radiation, Monochromatic Radiation, Planetary Atmospheres, Polarized Light, Polarized Radiation, Satellite Atmospheres, Applications Programs (Computers), Atmospheric Composition, Atmospheric Moisture, Atmospheric Scattering, Mathematical Models, Stokes Law Of Radiation, Planets, Atmosphere, Radiation, Polarization, Wavelength, Visible Light, Infrared, Radiative Transfer, Numerical Methods, Techniques, Satellites, Parameters, Scattering, Calculations, Laye
Scientific paper
In this paper we present a computational method, based on the so-called adding principle, for calculating the polarized monochromatic radiation in plane-parallel vertically inhomogeneous atmospheres. Our computer code is verified by comparing numerical results with those obtained by other investigators using different methods. We consider not only the well-known case of illumination by a unidirectional beam of light at the top of the atmosphere, but also illumination by isotropically radiating internal sources and illumination by an isotropically radiating ground surface below the atmosphere. Numerical results for all relevant Stokes parameters are tabulated for a two-layer atmosphere containing molecules and haze particles. These results pertain to the three types of illumination mentioned above. Furthermore, we describe some general features of polarized radiation in an optically thick homogeneous atmosphere containing cloud C1 water droplets. It is shown that multiple scattering of radiation in such a cloudy atmosphere may not be ignored at infrared wavelengths if molecular absorption is negligible.
de Haan Johan F.
Hovenier Joachim Willem
Wauben M. F. W.
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