A polarized delta-four-stream approximation for infrared and microwave radiative transfer: Part I

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 62, Issue 7 II, 2005, Pages 2542-2554

  Liou, K N ^a   Ou, S C ^a   Takano, Y ^a   Liu, Q ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; HEAT RADIATION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROWAVES; WEATHER SATELLITES;

POLARIZED DELTA-FOUR-STREAM APPROXIMATION; SATELLITE DATA ASSIMILATION; THERMAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION;

DATA ASSIMILATION; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 27344455693     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3476.1     Document Type: Article

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