Effective propagation kernels in structured media with broad spatial correlations, illustration with large-scale transport of solar photons through cloudy atmospheres

Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering

Volumn 48, Issue , 2006, Pages 85-140

  Davis, Anthony B ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

EARTH ATMOSPHERE; ONE DIMENSIONAL; PHOTONS; STATISTICAL MECHANICS;

CLOUDY ATMOSPHERES; EFFECTIVE MEDIUM THEORIES; LARGE-SCALE TRANSPORT; MEAN FREE PATH; ONE DIMENSIONAL TRANSPORT; SPATIAL CORRELATIONS; STRUCTURED MEDIA; TRANSPORT THEORY;

COMPUTATION THEORY;

EID: 84880388586     PISSN: 14397358     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book Series    
DOI: 10.1007/3-540-28125-8_5     Document Type: Article

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