Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use
The libRadtran software package is a suite of tools for radiative transfer calculations in the Earth's atmosphere. Its main tool is the uvspec program. It may be used to compute radiances, irradiances and actinic fluxes in the solar and terrestrial part of the spectrum. The design of u...
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| description | The libRadtran software package is a suite of tools for radiative transfer calculations in the Earth's atmosphere. Its main tool is the uvspec program. It may be used to compute radiances, irradiances and actinic fluxes in the solar and terrestrial part of the spectrum. The design of uvspec allows simple problems to be easily solved using defaults and included data, hence making it suitable for educational purposes. At the same time the flexibility in how and what input may be specified makes it a powerful and versatile tool for research tasks. The uvspec tool and additional tools included with libRadtran are described and realistic examples of their use are given. The libRadtran software package is available from http://www.libradtran.org. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-26c9db91fbc344ea96205cc48f8fa28d2022-12-22T01:48:30ZengCopernicus PublicationsAtmospheric Chemistry and Physics1680-73161680-73242005-01-015718551877Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of useB. MayerA. KyllingA. KyllingThe libRadtran software package is a suite of tools for radiative transfer calculations in the Earth's atmosphere. Its main tool is the uvspec program. It may be used to compute radiances, irradiances and actinic fluxes in the solar and terrestrial part of the spectrum. The design of uvspec allows simple problems to be easily solved using defaults and included data, hence making it suitable for educational purposes. At the same time the flexibility in how and what input may be specified makes it a powerful and versatile tool for research tasks. The uvspec tool and additional tools included with libRadtran are described and realistic examples of their use are given. The libRadtran software package is available from http://www.libradtran.org.http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/5/1855/2005/acp-5-1855-2005.pdf |
| spellingShingle | B. Mayer A. Kylling A. Kylling Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics |
| title | Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use |
| title_full | Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use |
| title_fullStr | Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use |
| title_full_unstemmed | Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use |
| title_short | Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use |
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