Radiative Transfer
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Radiative transfer is the process of energy transfer during the propagation of electromagnetic radiation through a medium. The processes of extinction, due to absorption and scattering, and thermal emission are described. It is shown how they can be represented by wavelength-dependent optical thickness, due to absorption or emission cross sections and the number of absorbers, emitters, or scatterers. Cloud optical thickness and conservative scattering are described. The scattering phase function is introduced. Next, the general form of radiative transfer is given, and its applicability to the details of planetary atmospheric radiation shown.
2001 ◽
Vol 69
(6)
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pp. 745-759
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2016 ◽
2011 ◽
Vol 68
(12)
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pp. 3094-3111
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2014 ◽
Vol 73
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pp. 789-803
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2014 ◽
Vol 71
(4)
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pp. 1521-1528
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