Notes regarding libRadtran

Size of optical properties datafiles

Mie solar

wavelengths: 200 nm - 2200 nm, 10 nm steps
Reff: 1 - 25 um, 1 um steps
Filesize: 340 MB
2 digits angular grid optimization
cutoff radius of 5*Reff_max = 125 um
pmom cutoff 1e-5

Mie thermal

wavelengths: 2.2 um - 100um, 1000 points, equally spaced in 1/wavelegth
Reff: 1 - 25 um, 1 um steps
Filesize: 290 MB
3 digits angular grid optimization (probably only two were needed)
cutoff radius of 5*Reff_max = 125 um
pmom cutoff 1e-5

Old Mie files:

ic: 17 M
wc: 10 M
kato (ic+wc): 26 M
fu (ic+wc): 3.3 M
kratz (ic+wc): 7.4 M

Fu new

Files include polarization, grid optimization to 2 digits, cutoff 125 um:

wc: 22 M
ic: 6.3 M

Kato new

Kratz new

wc: 6.3 M
ic: