TY - JOUR
T1 - Fast yet accurate computation of the complete radiance distribution in the coupled atmosphere-ocean system
AU - Yan, Banghua
AU - Stamnes, Knut
PY - 2003/1/15
Y1 - 2003/1/15
N2 - The iteration of the source-function technique is used in conjunction with the discrete ordinate radiative transfer (DISORT) method to derive analytic solutions for the radiances at arbitrary polar angles and arbitrary levels in a multiple scattering (random) medium consisting of two strata with a change in the index of refraction across the interface between them. The atmosphere overlying a body of water (the ocean) serves as a prime example of such a system consisting of two adjacent strata with different indices of refraction. The accuracy of the solutions is tested by considering the coupled atmosphere-ocean system where absorption and scattering by molecules and particles are included. The tests show that these analytic solutions are superior to a spline interpolation that has been used previously in connection with the DISORT method applied to a random medium consisting of two strata with different indices of refraction.
AB - The iteration of the source-function technique is used in conjunction with the discrete ordinate radiative transfer (DISORT) method to derive analytic solutions for the radiances at arbitrary polar angles and arbitrary levels in a multiple scattering (random) medium consisting of two strata with a change in the index of refraction across the interface between them. The atmosphere overlying a body of water (the ocean) serves as a prime example of such a system consisting of two adjacent strata with different indices of refraction. The accuracy of the solutions is tested by considering the coupled atmosphere-ocean system where absorption and scattering by molecules and particles are included. The tests show that these analytic solutions are superior to a spline interpolation that has been used previously in connection with the DISORT method applied to a random medium consisting of two strata with different indices of refraction.
KW - Analytic
KW - Complete radiance distributions
KW - Coupled atmosphere-ocean system
KW - Discrete ordinate radiative transfer
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U2 - 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00054-7
DO - 10.1016/S0022-4073(02)00054-7
M3 - Article
AN - SCOPUS:0037437458
SN - 0022-4073
VL - 76
SP - 207
EP - 223
JO - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
JF - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer
IS - 2
ER -