Radiative Transfer in the Earth's Atmosphere-Ocean System. II. Radiance in the Atmosphere and Ocean

摘要

In the first part of this paper (AD-734 413) Plass and Kattawar presented a method for the calculation of the radiation field in the earth's atmosphere-ocean system. The solar photons are followed through the atmosphere and ocean by a Monte Carlo method which includes all orders of multiple scattering that make any noticable contribution to the detectors. In this second part the upward and downward radiance is presented as a function of the nadir or zenith angle for a number of different detector locations in the atmosphere and ocean. Once again the results are given for the three different ocean models of varying turbidity. The radiance is also given at six different wavelengths from 0.40 micrometer to 0.65 micrometer which are representative of varying degrees of scattering and absorption by the various components in the ocean. (Author)