Solutions of the Equation of Transfer for a Medium Bounded by a Perfect Specular Reflector in Terms of Those for a Perfect Absorber,
Abstract
In a recent paper Casti et al. showed that the solution to the equation of radiative transfer for a homogeneous plane parallel atmosphere bounded by a perfect specular reflector could be expressed in terms of the solutions for the same atmosphere bounded from below by a perfect absorber. They only considered the case where the atmosphere scattered radiation isotropically and hence there was no azimuthal dependence. A simple proof of this relation is given here. Furthermore, it is shown that it is valid in the more general case when anisotropic scattering is present. (Author)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- May 22, 1973
- Accession Number
- AD0764619
Entities
People
- George W. Kattawar
Organizations
- Texas A&M University