The Enhanced AFGL RADTRAN Transmittance/Brightness Temperature Computer Code

Ronald G. Isaacs; Shepard A. Clough; Robert D. Worsham; Vincent J. Falcone

doi:10.1117/12.960877

11 October 1989 The Enhanced AFGL RADTRAN Transmittance/Brightness Temperature Computer Code

Ronald G. Isaacs, Shepard A. Clough, Robert D. Worsham, Vincent J. Falcone

Proceedings Volume 1115, Propagation Engineering; (1989) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960877
Event: SPIE 1989 Technical Symposium on Aerospace Sensing, 1989, Orlando, FL, United States

Abstract

In this paper we describe recent enhancements to the RADTRAN algorithm including: (a) the capability to model polarized microwave surface emissivity for ocean, dry and moist soil, various types of vegetation, sea ice, and snow cover, (b) calculation of the scattering properties of precipitation, (c) treatment of multiple scattering by precipitation in the evaluation of background brightness temperature, and (d) the incorporation of simple statistical parameter retrieval methods.

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Ronald G. Isaacs, Shepard A. Clough, Robert D. Worsham, and Vincent J. Falcone "The Enhanced AFGL RADTRAN Transmittance/Brightness Temperature Computer Code", Proc. SPIE 1115, Propagation Engineering, (11 October 1989); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.960877

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