Atmospheric Transmittance And Radiance: The LOWTRAN 5 Code

F. X. Kneizys; E. P. Shettle; W. O. Gallery

doi:10.1117/12.931910

28 July 1981 Atmospheric Transmittance And Radiance: The LOWTRAN 5 Code

F. X. Kneizys, E. P. Shettle, W. O. Gallery

Proceedings Volume 0277, Atmospheric Transmission; (1981) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931910
Event: 1981 Technical Symposium East, 1981, Washington, D.C., United States

Abstract

A computer code, LOWTRAN 5, has been developed for calculating the transmission and background radiance of the earth's atmosphere at moderate spectral resolution 20 cm^-1. The code was derived using a single parameter band model for molecular absorption and includes the effects of continuum absorption, molecular scattering, and aerosol extinction. A choice of atmospheric models and aerosol models is provided to the user for any atmospheric slant path. The LOWTRAN model is described and application of the code is given by examples of atmospheric transmittance and radiance spectra. Comments on the validity of the code are presented.

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F. X. Kneizys, E. P. Shettle, and W. O. Gallery "Atmospheric Transmittance And Radiance: The LOWTRAN 5 Code", Proc. SPIE 0277, Atmospheric Transmission, (28 July 1981); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.931910

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