===== Radiative transfer lecture WS 2010/2011 =====

{{:teaching:radiative_transfer:lecture_summary.pdf|Summary of the lecture (10th February 2011)}}

[[exam|Exam (17 February 2011)]]
==== Literature ====

This list is  by far not complete. It includes some literature which has been used for the lecture. 

=== Radiative transfer ===

  * Zdunkowski et al., Radiation in the atmosphere (2007)
  * {{:teaching:radiative_transfer:disortreport1.1.pdf|DISORT report}} 
  * Chandrasekhar, Radiative transfer (1960)
  

=== Scattering ===

  * [[http://www.springerlink.com/content/k6824768687321t1/|Hansen and Travis, Light scattering in planetary atmospheres (1974)]]

=== Absorption ===

  * {{:teaching:radiative_transfer:fu-liou-correlated-k_1992.pdf|Fu and Liou, On the correlated k-distribution method for radiative transfer in nonhomogeneous atmospheres (1992)}}
==== libRadtran ====

  * [[runit|Running libRadtran]]
  * [[shell|Shell script basics]] 

==== Exercises ====

21.10.2010 / 28.10.2010 : Exercises 1-3

25.11.2010 / 02.12.2010 : Exercises 4-13

13.01.2011 / 20.01.2011 : Exercises 14-20

=== Calculation of irradiance spectra ===

1. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:planck|Planck radiation]]

2. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:solar_irrad|Solar irradiance spectrum]]

3. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:thermal_irrad|Outgoing longwave radiation]]

4. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:uv_irrad|UV irradiance spectrum (Abdul Salam/Martin)]]

=== Radiative transfer solver DISORT, radiance field calculations ===
 
5. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:legendre_HG|Legendre decomposition of Heney Greenstein phase function (Daniel/Florian/Benjamin)]]

6. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:disort_nstr1|DOM: Impact of number of streams on clearsky radiance field at surface (Andreas/Isabelle)]]

7. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:legendre|Legendre decomposition of Mie phase function and delta scaling]]

8. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:disort_nstr2|DOM: Impact of delta scaling and intensity correction on radiance field at top of atmosphere (Bettina/Nina/Fabian)]]

9. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:irrad_rad_delta_sc|Irradiance and radiance at surface below a water cloud with and without delta scaling]]

=== Optical phenomena in the atmosphere, sky radiance calculations ===

10. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:cloudbow|Impact on cloud droplet size on radiance field, visibility of cloudbow (Petra/Heiner)]]

11. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:glory|Glory simulation]]

12. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:halo|Ice clouds - halo and crystal shape (Sebastian/Hanna)]]

=== Single scattering calculations, Mie theory ===

14. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:mie_single_vs_dist|Extinction efficiency for single particle and for particle size distribution (Claudia)]] 

15. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:sizedist_sens|Sensitivity of optical properties on particle size distribution (effective variance) (Petra/Heiner/Sebastian)]]	

16. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:mie_reff_dep|Optical properties of liquid water for various effective radii (Silvia/Anja/Natalie)]]

17. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:mie_phase|Scattering phase function as function of particle size (water cloud)  (Daniel/Florian/Benjamin) ]]

18. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:mie_reff_dep_ice|Optical properties of ice for various effective radii (Abdul Salam/Martin) ]]
 

=== Cloud remote sensing ===

13. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:thermal|TOA radiance at 10 μm as function of cloud height (Silvia/Anja/Natalie)]]

19. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:rs_tau_reff|Remote sensing of cloud optical thickness and effective radius (Bettina/Nina/Fabian)]]

20. [[teaching:radiative_transfer:cloud_detection|Cirrus cloud detection (Andreas/Isabelle)]]