Title :
Radiative Transfer in a Plane Stratified Dielectric
Author :
Wilheit, Thomas T., Jr.
Author_Institution :
NASA/Goddard Flight Space Center, Greenbelt, MD 20771
fDate :
4/1/1978 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
A model is developed for calculating radiative transfer in a stratified dielectric. This model is used to show that the reflectivity of a stratified dielectric is primarily determined by gradients in the real part of the refractive index over distances on the order of 1/10 wavelength in the medium. The effective temperature of the medium is determined by the thermodynamic temperature profile over distances of the order ¿T where Im (n) dx = ¿/4¿
Keywords :
Boundary conditions; Dielectrics; Electromagnetic wave polarization; Geoscience; Microwave radiometry; Reflectivity; Refractive index; Temperature sensors; Thermodynamics; Vectors;
Journal_Title :
Geoscience Electronics, IEEE Transactions on
DOI :
10.1109/TGE.1978.294577
