A new vector radiative transfer solution using Padé approximants

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 119, Issue , 2013, Pages 12-22

  McGarragh, Greg ^a   Gabriel, Philip ^a  

^a Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering and School of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

Author keywords

Pad approximation; Polarization; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ADDING METHODS; AEROSOL PROPERTIES; APPROXIMANTS; COMPUTATIONAL GAINS; EXPONENTIAL SOLUTIONS; MATRIX EXPONENTIALS; MATRIX SOLUTION; MODEL CONFIGURATION; OPTICALLY THIN MEDIA; RADIATIVE TRANSFER - METHODS; REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION; STOKES VECTOR; THERMAL SOURCE; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

APPROXIMATION ALGORITHMS; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

VECTORS;

ALGORITHM; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; VECTOR;

EID: 84874471322     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.01.012     Document Type: Article

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