Pre-conditioned backward Monte Carlo solutions to radiative transport in planetary atmospheres

Author: García Muñoz A.   Mills F. P.  

Publisher: Edp Sciences

E-ISSN: 1432-0746|573|issue|A72-A72

ISSN: 0004-6361

Source: Astronomy & Astrophysics, Vol.573, Iss.issue, 2014-12, pp. : A72-A72

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Abstract

Context. The interpretation of polarised radiation emerging from a planetary atmosphere must rely on solutions to the vector radiative transport equation (VRTE). Monte Carlo integration of the VRTE is a valuable approach for its flexible treatment of complex viewing and/or illumination geometries, and it can intuitively incorporate elaborate physics.