A Monte Carlo method for 3D thermal infrared radiative transfer

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 101, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 166-178

  Chen, Y ^a   Liou, K N ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

3D thermal radiative transfer; Cubic element; Monte Carlo method

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; CLOUDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; GAS ABSORPTION; HEAT TRANSFER; INFRARED RADIATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MONTE CARLO METHODS;

CONVENTIONAL PLANE-PARALLEL MODEL; CUBIC ELEMENT; EMISSIVITIES; THERMAL RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

HEAT RADIATION;

CLOUD; INFRARED RADIATION; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 33646364784     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2005.10.002     Document Type: Article

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