New Cirrus Models for MODTRAN4. I: Models Derived from the Standard and Subvisual Models

Abstract

The purpose of this report is to set forth a new set of cirrus cloud models for use with the MODTRAN4 atmospheric transmission model and to provide a wider range of cirrus models with which to investigate future remote sensing techniques that may have to observe through cirrus. The cirrus cloud models were derived by selecting mode particle sizes between and beyond the two existing cirrus cloud models in MODTRAN4: Standard (mode particle radius 64 micrometers) and subvisual (mode 4 micrometers). The new set of models consists of 70 models whose mode particle radius range between 0.1 and 64 micrometers. The format of the models meets the input requirements for MODTRAN4 and consist of files containing the input information on card 2E2. All the model calculations are based on spherical particles.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Feb 28, 2002
Accession Number
ADA400673

Entities

People

  • David K. Lynch
  • Steve Mazuk

Organizations

  • The Aerospace Corporation

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Advanced Electronics
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Absorption Coefficients
  • Air Force
  • Chemical Reactions
  • Cirrus Clouds
  • Clouds
  • Detection
  • Detectors
  • Hyperspectral Imagery
  • Materials
  • Microelectromechanical Systems
  • Particle Size
  • Particles
  • Remote Sensing
  • Scattering
  • Space Sciences
  • Spectroscopy
  • Standards

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  • Computational Modeling and Simulation
  • Nuclear Civil Defense.
  • Wave Propagation and Nonlinear Chaotic Dynamics.