Forward Monte Carlo computations of fully polarized microwave radiation in non-isotropic media

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 95, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 285-308

  Battaglia, A ^a   Mantovani, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF FERRARA   (Italy)

^b INSTITUTE OF ATMOSPHERIC SCIENCES AND CLIMATE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Biasing technique; Non spherical particles; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

BENCHMARKING; CLOUDS; COMPUTATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL GEOMETRY; HEAT TRANSFER; MONTE CARLO METHODS; NUMERICAL METHODS; POLARIZATION; SCATTERING; VECTORS;

CARTESIAN GEOMETRIES; NON-ISOTROPIC MEDIA; STOKES VECTOR;

MICROWAVES;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 18144415406     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2004.12.002     Document Type: Article

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