A linearized two-stream radiative transfer code for fast approximation of multiple-scatter fields

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 112, Issue 16, 2011, Pages 2630-2637

  Spurr, R ^a   Natraj, V ^b  

^a RT Solutions Inc   (United States)

^b CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

2 Stream; Jacobians; Multiple scatter accuracy; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

2-STREAM; DIFFUSE FIELDS; FAST APPROXIMATION; HUGGINS BAND; HYPERSPECTRAL; JACOBIANS; MULTIPLE-SCATTER ACCURACY; RADIANCE CALCULATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CODES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER SIMULATIONS; RETRIEVAL ALGORITHMS; SATELLITE INTENSITIES; SPEED-UPS; SURFACE ALBEDO; TOTAL OZONE COLUMN; TWO-STREAM; WEIGHTING FUNCTIONS;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; LINEARIZATION; OZONE; RADIATION; REMOTE SENSING; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

ACCURACY ASSESSMENT; ALBEDO; ALGORITHM; COMPUTER SIMULATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; TOTAL OZONE;

EID: 80052406189     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.06.014     Document Type: Article

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