Generalized radiative transfer equation for multilevel clouds

Bormin Huang; Hung-Lung Huang; William L. Smith

doi:10.1117/12.467560

9 April 2003 Generalized radiative transfer equation for multilevel clouds

Bormin Huang, Hung-Lung Huang, William L. Smith

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Proceedings Volume 4891, Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds III; (2003) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467560
Event: Third International Asia-Pacific Environmental Remote Sensing Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere, Ocean, Environment, and Space, 2002, Hangzhou, China

Abstract

Surface and aircraft observations show that many cloud types tend to appear simultaneously at the same location but at different altitudes. Furthermore, clouds may be continuous or broken at a given cloud level within a sensor's field of view (FOV). Therefore, it is desirable that a general radiative transfer equation (RTE) can describe all the possible cloudy atmospheres for remote sensing applications. In this paper an M-level cloudy RTE is formulated. Specific diagrams and equations for up to four-level cloud systems are illustrated.

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Bormin Huang, Hung-Lung Huang, and William L. Smith "Generalized radiative transfer equation for multilevel clouds", Proc. SPIE 4891, Optical Remote Sensing of the Atmosphere and Clouds III, (9 April 2003); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.467560

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