Picard iteration methods for a spherical atmosphere

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 110, Issue 17, 2009, Pages 1851-1863

  Doicu, A ^a   Trautmann, T ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Picard iteration; Spherical atmosphere

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATE METHODS; ATMOSPHERIC REMOTE SENSING; OPEN BOUNDARIES; PICARD ITERATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATIONS; SPHERICAL ATMOSPHERE;

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; REMOTE SENSING; SPHERES;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ATMOSPHERE; EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SPHERE; TRANSFER FUNCTION;

EID: 67849126671     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2009.04.002     Document Type: Article

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