Testing and comparing the modified anomalous diffraction approximation

Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Volumn 63, Issue 11, 2006, Pages 2948-2962

  Mitchell, David L ^a   Baran, Anthony J ^b   Arnott, W P ^a   Schmitt, C ^c  

^a DESERT RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (United States)

^b MET OFFICE   (United Kingdom)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR ATMOSPHERIC RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

FINITE DIFFERENCE TIME DOMAIN METHOD; GLOBAL CLIMATE MODELS; ICE CLOUDS; MODIFIED ANOMALOUS DIFFRACTION APPROXIMATION (MADA);

ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS;

APPROXIMATION THEORY; ATMOSPHERIC OPTICS; ATMOSPHERIC RADIATION; CLOUDS; DIFFRACTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ICE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SCATTERING; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

ABSORPTION COEFFICIENT; ALBEDO; CIRRUS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; ICE; MATRIX; PARAMETERIZATION;

EID: 33845255804     PISSN: 00224928     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/JAS3775.1     Document Type: Article

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