A vector radiative transfer model for coupled atmosphere and ocean systems based on successive order of scattering method

Optics Express

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 2057-2079

  Zhai, Peng Wang ^a,b   Hu, Yongxiang ^a   Trepte, Charles R ^a   Lucker, Patricia L ^a  

^a NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b SCIENCE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS INC   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING;

COMPUTATIONAL TIME; COMPUTATIONALLY EFFICIENT; LINEAR APPROXIMATIONS; MULTI-PLATFORM; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; SCATTERING METHODS; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; WATER-LEAVING RADIANCES;

FORWARD SCATTERING;

ALGORITHM; ARTICLE; ATMOSPHERE; CHEMICAL MODEL; CHEMISTRY; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT; METHODOLOGY; PHOTOMETRY; RADIATION SCATTERING; REFRACTOMETRY; SEA;

ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERE; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; LIGHT; MODELS, CHEMICAL; NEPHELOMETRY AND TURBIDIMETRY; OCEANS AND SEAS; PHOTOMETRY; REFRACTOMETRY; SCATTERING, RADIATION;

EID: 60649090494     PISSN: None     EISSN: 10944087     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1364/OE.17.002057     Document Type: Article

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