Numerical solution of the Fokker-Planck equation with variable coefficients

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 109, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 727-740

  Kim, Arnold D ^a   Tranquilli, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Fokker Planck approximation; Radiative transport equation; Variable coefficients

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; FOKKER PLANCK EQUATION; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LIGHT PROPAGATION; LIGHT SCATTERING;

NUMERICAL SOLUTION; RADIATIVE TRANSPORT EQUATION; VARIALBE COEFFICIENTS;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

LIGHT SCATTERING; NUMERICAL METHOD; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 36048935648     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.09.011     Document Type: Article

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