Efficient vector radiative transfer calculations in vertically inhomogeneous cloudy atmospheres

Applied Optics

Volumn 45, Issue 23, 2006, Pages 5993-6006

  Van Diedenhoven, Bastiaan ^a   Hasekamp, Otto P ^a   Landgraf, Jochen ^a  

^a SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; INTERPOLATION; LIGHT POLARIZATION; LIGHT SCATTERING; OZONE; REMOTE SENSING;

CLOUDLESS ATMOSPHERES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SATELLITE MEASUREMENTS; SCANNING IMAGING ABSORPTION SPECTROMETER;

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

EID: 33749817975     PISSN: 1559128X     EISSN: 15394522     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/AO.45.005993     Document Type: Article

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