McSCIA: Application of the equivalence theorem in a Monte Carlo radiative transfer model for spherical shell atmospheres

Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics

Volumn 6, Issue 12, 2006, Pages 4823-4842

  Spada, F ^a   Krol, M C ^a,b,c   Stammes, P ^d  

^a UTRECHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b SRON NETHERLANDS INSTITUTE FOR SPACE RESEARCH   (Netherlands)

^c WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^d ROYAL NETHERLANDS METEOROLOGICAL INSTITUTE KNMI   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHM; ENVISAT-1; MONTE CARLO ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE FORCING; THREE-DIMENSIONAL MODELING;

EID: 33750435181     PISSN: 16807316     EISSN: 16807324     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5194/acp-6-4823-2006     Document Type: Article

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