A fast radiative transfer model for visible through shortwave infrared spectral reflectances in clear and cloudy atmospheres

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 116, Issue , 2013, Pages 122-131

  Wang, Chenxi ^a   Yang, Ping ^a   Nasiri, Shaima L ^a   Platnick, Steven ^b   Baum, Bryan A ^c   Heidinger, Andrew K ^d   Liu, Xu ^e  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NASA GODDARD SPACE FLIGHT CENTER   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^d NOAA/NESDIS/Center for Satellite Applications and Research   (United States)

^e NASA LANGLEY RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Adding doubling; Cloud remote sensing; Fast radiative transfer model; Non Lambertian surface; Radiative transfer; Twisted icosahedral mesh

Indexed keywords

ADDING-DOUBLING; CLOUD REMOTE SENSING; NON-LAMBERTIAN SURFACES; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; TWISTED ICOSAHEDRAL MESH;

ALGORITHMS; COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; INFRARED RADIATION; REFLECTION; REMOTE SENSING;

RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

AEROSOL; AIRBORNE SENSING; ALGORITHM; ATMOSPHERIC MODELING; CLOUD; INFRARED RADIATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REFLECTANCE; SATELLITE IMAGERY; SHORTWAVE RADIATION; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; TRANSMITTANCE; ZENITH ANGLE;

LAMBERTIA;

EID: 84871934814     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.10.012     Document Type: Article

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