The opacity coefficient method—nongray determination of inhomogeneous atmospheric extinction |
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Authors: | Ahilleas N Maurellis Rüdiger Lang Jochen Landgraf |
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Institution: | a SRON National Institute for Space Research, Sorbonnelaan 2, 3584 CA Utrecht, The Netherlands b FOM-Institute for Atomic & Molecular Physics, Kruislaan 407, 1098 SJ Amsterdam, The Netherlands |
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Abstract: | The computation of radiation transmittance in nongray, inhomogeneous atmospheric models is frequently complicated by complex bands of line spectra which range in value over many orders of magnitudes and depend strongly on either or both of pressure and temperature. We present here a new opacity sampling technique which is shown to determine correctly the wavelength-averaged extinction due to path-dependent realizations of banded line spectra. The technique is easy to implement computationally and is applicable to a wide variety of atmospheric problems in which frequent iteration of the radiative transfer model is required. We consider two such instances: modeling of solar flux attenuation for use in a time-dependent planetary ionosphere model and retrieval from nadir measurements of backscattered solar irradiance. The power of the new method lies in its straightforward analytical treatment of both atmospheric inhomogeneity and spectral complexity. It is thus relevant for both retrieval and radiative transfer modeling purposes. |
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Keywords: | Radiative transfer Modeling methods Spectral bands Nongray Inhomogeneous Atmospheres Retrieval |
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