MONTE CARLO CODES FOR STUDY OF LIGHT TRANSPORT IN THE ATMOSPHERE. VOLUME 1: DESCRIPTION OF CODES

Abstract

Monte Carlo procedures designated as LITE-I and LITE-II were developed to study the transport of light through the earth's atmosphere under various environmental conditions. LITE-I treats monochromatic light emitted from a point source, and LITE-II treats monochromatic plane sources of light. The codes have been written in both ALGOL for the Burroughs B-5000 and FORTRAN II for other computers. The codes are sufficiently flexible to treat multiple scattering in an atmosphere in which air density and aerosol size distribution vary independently and arbitrarily with altitude. Provision for treating ground and cloud reflection with an albedo method is also available in the codes. The codes have been verified through comparisons with other calculations of light transport in the atmosphere. Utilization instructions, input data formats, sample problems, and the ALGOL listings of the codes are given to aid those who wish to utilize the codes.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 01, 1965
Accession Number
AD0625115

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  • David G. Collins
  • Michael B. Wells

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  • Abstracts
  • Atmospheres
  • Atmospheric Sciences
  • Boltzmann Equation
  • Earth Sciences
  • Electronics
  • Geography
  • Language
  • Light Sources
  • Mean Free Path
  • Mie Scattering
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • New Jersey
  • Probabilistic Models
  • Probability
  • Rayleigh Scattering
  • Scattering

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