VSmartMOM: A vector matrix operator method-based radiative transfer model linearized with respect to aerosol properties

Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

Volumn 133, Issue , 2014, Pages 412-433

  Sanghavi, Suniti ^a   Davis, Anthony B ^a   Eldering, Annmarie ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Aerosol; Benchmarking; Cloud; Information content; Jacobian matrix; Matrix operator method; Vector radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

AEROSOL INFORMATION; INFORMATION CONTENTS; MATRIX OPERATOR METHODS; MICROPHYSICAL PARAMETERS; RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODEL; RAYLEIGH ATMOSPHERES; TRANSFER COMPUTATION; VECTOR RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

AEROSOLS; BENCHMARKING; CLOUDS; JACOBIAN MATRICES; LINEARIZATION; RADIATIVE TRANSFER;

VECTORS;

AEROSOL COMPOSITION; AEROSOL PROPERTY; BENCHMARKING; MATRIX; NUMERICAL MODEL; RADIATIVE TRANSFER; STOKES FORMULA; VECTOR; ZENITH ANGLE;

EID: 84888052585     PISSN: 00224073     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.09.004     Document Type: Article

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