Radiative transfer in anisotropically scattering atmospheres: the finite element method

Author

Kisselev, V. ; Roberti, L. ; Perona, G.

Author_Institution

Inst. for Inf. & Autom., Acad. of Sci., St. Petersburg, Russia

Volume

1

fYear

1994

fDate

8-12 Aug 1994

Firstpage

84

Abstract

The finite element method (FEM) is applied to the solution of the radiative transfer equation (RTE), for plane parallel atmospheres, from the UV to the near infrared region. The method has been used to simulate the radiance that could be measured by an airborne or satellite borne radiometers. The numerical scheme is described and some results of the computations are shown. All the radiative transfer computations refer to realistic atmospheric profiles obtained from the Lowtran program

Keywords

electromagnetic wave scattering; finite element analysis; meteorology; radiative transfer; Lowtran program; UV; anisotropically scattering atmospheres; finite element method; near infrared; numerical scheme; plane parallel atmospheres; radiance; radiative transfer equation; radiometry; realistic atmospheric profiles; visible; Anisotropic magnetoresistance; Atmosphere; Atmospheric measurements; Atmospheric modeling; Computational modeling; Equations; Finite element methods; Radiometers; Satellite broadcasting; Scattering;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Geoscience and Remote Sensing Symposium, 1994. IGARSS '94. Surface and Atmospheric Remote Sensing: Technologies, Data Analysis and Interpretation., International

Conference_Location

Pasadena, CA

Print_ISBN

0-7803-1497-2

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/IGARSS.1994.399015

Filename

399015