FLASH A MONTE CARLO PROCEDURE FOR USE IN CALCULATING LIGHT SCATTERING IN A SPHERICAL SHELL ATMOSPHERE

Abstract

A program designated FLASH has been developed to provide a means to study the propagation of monochromatic radiation from a plane parallel source through a spherical shell atmosphere. A simple illustration of the backward Monte Carlo method utilized in the development of the FLASH program is discussed in order to show the advantage of the method. A brief description of the methods employed in the FLASH program is given to illustrate the application of the backward Monte Carlo treatment of light propagation through a spherical shell atmosphere. Several comparisons of FLASH generated data with data from other calculational methods are shown.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Jan 31, 1970
Accession Number
AD0706120

Entities

People

  • Dave G. Collins
  • Michael B. Wells

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Atmospheres
  • Electromagnetic Scattering
  • Geometry
  • Intensity
  • Low Light Levels
  • Monte Carlo Method
  • Optical Properties
  • Optics
  • Photons
  • Radiation
  • Rayleigh Scattering
  • Reflection
  • Refraction
  • Refractive Index
  • Scattering
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Plasma Physics / Magnetohydrodynamics
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.