Optimized implementations of rational approximations for the Voigt and complex error function

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 6, 2011, Pages 1010-1025

  Schreier, Franz ^a  

^a GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Atmospheric radiative transfer; Complex probability function; Fortran; Plasma dispersion function; Python

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER; COMPLEX PROBABILITY FUNCTION; FORTRAN; PLASMA DISPERSION FUNCTION; PYTHON;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; ATMOSPHERIC MOVEMENTS; CHAOS THEORY; DISPERSIONS; FORTRAN (PROGRAMMING LANGUAGE); FUNCTION EVALUATION; HIGH LEVEL LANGUAGES; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA DEVICES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

RATIONAL FUNCTIONS;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; ERROR ANALYSIS; OPTIMIZATION; PLASMA; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

EID: 79951517083     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2010.12.010     Document Type: Article

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