Calculation of Atmospheric Cooling Rates Using MODTRAN2

Abstract

A technique for calculating atmospheric cooling rates has been developed based on infrared radiance calculations using MODTRAN2. Comparisons with benchmark line-by-line calculations show very good agreement. The technique provides significant computational time savings associated with band models vs. line-by-line calculations.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1993
Accession Number
ADA351111

Entities

People

  • Lucia M. Kimball

Organizations

  • Worcester Polytechnic Institute

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Abstracts
  • Agreements
  • Air Force
  • Atmospheres
  • Boundaries
  • Computations
  • Gaussian Quadrature
  • Governments
  • Mathematics
  • Parallel Computing
  • Parallel Processing
  • Radiance
  • Scientific Research
  • Spectral Lines
  • United States Government
  • Water Vapor

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Spectroscopy.