Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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5429999 | Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer | 2010 | 18 Pages |
Abstract
We present an algorithm for polarized radiative transfer in a vertically stratified system consisting of two plane-parallel media with different refractive indices. It is based on the discrete ordinate method and includes multiple elastic scattering, thermal radiation, Fresnel reflection and transmission, incident parallel-beam or isotropic radiation at the top of the upper medium and bidirectional reflection at the bottom of the lower medium. Comparisons with results from Monte Carlo simulations show that the discrete-ordinate code provides accurate results for all four elements of the Stokes vector (I, Q, U, and V) at a speed that is orders of magnitude faster.
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Authors
Endre R. Sommersten, Jon K. Lotsberg, Knut Stamnes, Jakob J. Stamnes,