Open AccessOn efficiently solving a class of atmospheric radiative transfer problems using discrete ordinates models for bidirectional functions: the uppermost layer
Author(s) -
de Abreu Marcos Pimenta
Publication year - 2005
Publication title -
atmospheric science letters
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.951
H-Index - 45
ISSN - 1530-261X
DOI - 10.1002/asl.92
Subject(s) - radiative transfer , set (abstract data type) , layer (electronics) , class (philosophy) , atmosphere (unit) , computer science , mathematics , environmental science , meteorology , physics , materials science , artificial intelligence , optics , composite material , programming language
We derive discrete models for bidirectional functions defined for the uppermost layer of a multislab model atmosphere. These models can be used to solve efficiently a set of multislab transfer problems characterized by an optically stationary uppermost layer. We illustrate with numerical results for a representative set of multislab problems. Copyright © 2005 Royal Meteorological Society