Scattering in infrared radiative transfer: A comparison between the spectrally averaging model JURASSIC and the line-by-line model KOPRA

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 127, Issue , 2013, Pages 102-118

  Griessbach, Sabine ^a   Hoffmann, Lars ^a   Höpfner, Michael ^b   Riese, Martin ^a   Spang, Reinhold ^a  

^a FORSCHUNGSZENTRUM JÜLICH   (Germany)

^b KARLSRUHE INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Germany)

Author keywords

Clouds; Infrared radiative transfer; Line by line model; Remote sensing; Single scattering; Spectrally averaging model

Indexed keywords

EUROPEAN SPACE AGENCY; INFRARED RADIATIVE TRANSFER; LINE-BY-LINE RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETER FOR PASSIVE ATMOSPHERIC SOUNDINGS; NOISE EQUIVALENT SPECTRAL RADIANCE; RADIATIVE TRANSFER CALCULATIONS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; SINGLE SCATTERING;

ATMOSPHERIC AEROSOLS; CLOUDS; MICHELSON INTERFEROMETERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SCATTERING; SOUNDING APPARATUS;

COMPUTER SIMULATION;

AEROSOL; CLOUD COVER; COMPUTER SIMULATION; ENVISAT-1; INFRARED RADIATION; INTERFEROMETER; MODELING; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; REMOTE SENSING; SPECTRAL ANALYSIS; WAVE SCATTERING;

EID: 84881245456     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.05.004     Document Type: Article

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