Radiative transfer through an arbitrarily thick, scattering atmosphere

Details Radiative transfer through an arbitrarily thick, scattering atmosphere Radiative transfer through an arbitrarily thick, scattering atmosphere

Nov 1980

adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1980jqsrt..24..391k&link_type=abstract

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, vol. 24, Nov. 1980, p. 391-406.

Physics

Optics

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Atmospheric Models, Atmospheric Optics, Atmospheric Scattering, Planetary Atmospheres, Radiative Transfer, Algorithms, Cloud Cover, Matrices (Mathematics), Optical Thickness, Spherical Harmonics

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A method is presented for solving the equation of radiative transfer in a vertically inhomogeneous, planetary atmosphere. The method, based on the spherical harmonics expansion, can be used to compute models with an arbitrarily large optical thickness and any scattering phase function. It is extremely efficient, requiring the equivalent of only two matrix multiplications per layer. This efficiency combined with its stability makes the method useful for computing realistic models of planetary atmospheres. To illustrate the range of validity of this method, the plane albedo is computed from model atmospheres containing clouds with optical thicknesses ranging from 0 to 1 million

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