Modeling of radiation transport in coupled atmosphere-snow-ice-ocean systems

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 714-726

  Stamnes, K ^a   Hamre, B ^b   Stamnes, J J ^b   Ryzhikov, G ^c   Biryulina, M ^c   Mahoney, R ^d   Hauss, B ^d   Sei, A ^d  

^a Stevens Institute of Technology   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

^c Geminali AS   (Norway)

^d NORTHROP GRUMMAN CORPORATION   (United States)

Author keywords

BRDF; Ocean; Radiation transport; Sea ice; Snow

Indexed keywords

AIR BUBBLES; ASYMMETRY PARAMETER; BEAM COMPONENTS; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; BRDF; COMPUTATION TIME; DIFFUSE LIGHT; FOURIER EXPANSION; GAUSSIANS; IMAGINARY PARTS; IMPURITY ABSORPTION; INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES; LOOK UP TABLE; OCEAN; OCEAN SYSTEM; OPTICAL DEPTH; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIATION TRANSPORT; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SEA-ICE THICKNESS; SINGLE-SCATTERING ALBEDO;

DISTRIBUTION FUNCTIONS; GAUSSIAN BEAMS; IMPURITIES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFRACTIVE INDEX; SEA ICE; SNOW; SOLAR RADIATION; TABLE LOOKUP;

OCEANOGRAPHY;

ALBEDO; ATMOSPHERE-ICE-OCEAN SYSTEM; BIDIRECTIONAL REFLECTANCE; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; SEA ICE; SNOW;

EID: 78751566770     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.06.006     Document Type: Article

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