Monte Carlo Studies of Sky Radiation.

Abstract

The report describes the work involved in making modifications to the FLASH and BRITE Monte Carlo procedures and using these programs to evaluate (1) the effects of neglecting polarization on the scattered light intensities in molecular and turbid atmospheres; (2) the error involved in using plane-parallel atmospheres to represent spherical atmospheres for large zenith angles of incidence; and (3) the effect of dust layers at different altitudes on the color ratios computed for twilight conditions. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Aug 31, 1973
Accession Number
AD0772640

Entities

People

  • Michael B. Wells
  • Wolfram G. Blaettner

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Air Platforms

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Altitude
  • Atmospheres
  • Electromagnetic Radiation
  • Intensity
  • Light (Electromagnetic Radiation)
  • Polarization
  • Radiation
  • Twilight

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Atmospheric Remote Sensing.
  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.