International Polarized Radiative Transfer

In this case we include the US standard atmosphere, the corresponding Rayleigh scattering optical thickness and molecular absorption profiles are provided at 450 nm. In addition an aerosol layer is added between 0 and 3km altitude.

Setup:

• model atmosphere US-standard, scattering optical thickness provided in file tau_rayleigh_450nm_usstd.dat, molecular absorption optical thicknes in tau_absorption_450nm_usstd.dat. The file includes 2 columns where the first is the altitude of the layer boundaries in km, and the second is the layer optical thickness (e.g. the value for 0 km corresponds to the optical thickness for the layer from 0 to 1 km).
• desert dust aerosol between 0 and 3 km altitude with an optical thickness of 0.5. The aerosol optical properties are given in the file desert.cdf. The format of the file is the same as in case D4. * wavelength: 450 nm
• Rayleigh depolarization factor: 0.03
• surface albedo: 0
• Earth radius: 6371 km

• E3_1: Polarized zenith radiance as a function of sun position
  • solar zenith angle: sza: 80°-100° (90° corresponds to horizontal direction)
  • solar azimuth angle: saa: 65°
  • viewing zenith angle: 5°
  • viewing azimuth angle: 0°

• E3_2: Limb radiance at top of atmosphere for tangent heights between 0 and 90 km
  • viewing zenith angle at TOA: vza: corresponding to tangent heights 0-90km, 2km increment
  • viewing azimuth angle at TOA: vaa: 0°
  • solar zenith angles: sza: 60°
  • solar azimuth angles: saa: 0°, 90°

Output format:

Please include your data in the netcdf file IPRT_phase3_MODELNAME.nc.