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studies:esaslight2:thermal_ir:thermal_ir
Model intercomparison, Thermal IR spectral region
Line-by-line calculations with provided absorption coefficients
- viewing geometry: top of atmosphere, nadir
- surface emissivities 1.0, 0.8, 0.5, assuming a Lambertian surface.
- output quantity: radiance [W/(m^2 cm-1 sr)]
1. Water vapor band, ~6.2 μm, nadir
2. Spectral window, ~10.8 μm, nadir
3. Spectral window, ~10.0 μm, nadir
Benchmark results
Monochromatic calculations for different viewing angles
- Viewing zenith angles: 0°-95° in 1° steps
- If possible, spherical geometry, earth radius 6370 km
- wavelengths: 6190 nm, 10795 nm
- absorption optical thicknesses from LBL calculations above
Benchmark results
All KOPRA results (spectra for all combinations of angles and emissivities) are provided in the following files, radiance unit is [nW/(cm^2 cm-1 sr)]:
6.2 nm, emi 1.0 6.2 nm, emi 0.8 6.2 nm, emi 0.5
General information
- The absorption coefficients have been generated using ARTS based on HITRAN 2004
- Midlatitude summer atmosphere was used
- Participating RT Solvers: DISORT, ARTS, KOPRA
studies/esaslight2/thermal_ir/thermal_ir.txt · Last modified: 2018/05/04 08:39 (external edit)
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