Simulation of the mean intensity of reflected solar radiation in broken clouds: spherical model of atmosphere

T. B. Zhuravleva; I. M. Nasrtdinov

doi:10.1117/12.2286451

30 November 2017 Simulation of the mean intensity of reflected solar radiation in broken clouds: spherical model of atmosphere

T. B. Zhuravleva, I. M. Nasrtdinov

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Proceedings Volume 10466, 23rd International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics; 1046608 (2017) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286451
Event: XXIII International Symposium, Atmospheric and Ocean Optics, Atmospheric Physics, 2017, Irkutsk, Russian Federation

Abstract

The paper presents an original statistical algorithm for calculating the mean intensity of solar radiation in broken clouds I , taking into account the sphericity of the atmosphere. The algorithm is based on numerical averaging of the radiative transfer equation and introduction of an additional randomness (randomization). We discuss the results of numerical experiments, carried out to estimate the effect of statistics (numbers of cloud realizations and photon trajectories in a single realization) on the accuracy of the I calculations and laboriousness of the algorithm under different observation and illumination conditions.

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T. B. Zhuravleva and I. M. Nasrtdinov "Simulation of the mean intensity of reflected solar radiation in broken clouds: spherical model of atmosphere", Proc. SPIE 10466, 23rd International Symposium on Atmospheric and Ocean Optics: Atmospheric Physics, 1046608 (30 November 2017); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2286451

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