Synthetic Image Generation of Shallow Waters Using a Parallelized Hyperspectral Monte Carlo & Analytical Radiative Transfer Model

Author(s):  
Charles R. Bostater, Jr. ◽  
Gen-Tao Chiang ◽  
Lisa H. Huddleston ◽  
Manuel Gimond
1981 ◽  
Vol 20 (20) ◽  
pp. 3653 ◽  
Author(s):  
L. R. Poole ◽  
D. D. Venable ◽  
J. W. Campbell

2015 ◽  
Vol 8 (3) ◽  
pp. 3357-3397 ◽  
Author(s):  
D. J. Zawada ◽  
S. R. Dueck ◽  
L. A. Rieger ◽  
A. E. Bourassa ◽  
N. D. Lloyd ◽  
...  

Abstract. The OSIRIS instrument on board the Odin spacecraft has been measuring limb scattered radiance since 2001. The vertical radiance profiles measured as the instrument nods are inverted, with the aid of the SASKTRAN radiative transfer model, to obtain vertical profiles of trace atmospheric constituents. Here we describe two newly developed modes of the SASKTRAN radiative transfer model: a high spatial resolution mode, and a Monte Carlo mode. The high spatial resolution mode is a successive orders model capable of modelling the multiply scattered radiance when the atmosphere is not spherically symmetric; the Monte Carlo mode is intended for use as a highly accurate reference model. It is shown that the two models agree in a wide variety of solar conditions to within 0.2%. As an example case for both models, Odin-OSIRIS scans were simulated with the Monte Carlo model and retrieved using the high resolution model. A systematic bias of up to 4% in retrieved ozone number density between scans where the instrument is scanning up or scanning down was identified. It was found that calculating the multiply scattered diffuse field at five discrete solar zenith angles is sufficient to eliminate the bias for typical Odin-OSIRIS geometries.


2010 ◽  
Vol 31 (5) ◽  
pp. 1343-1358 ◽  
Author(s):  
P. R. J. North ◽  
J. A. B. Rosette ◽  
J. C. Suárez ◽  
S. O. Los

Solar Energy ◽  
2016 ◽  
Vol 132 ◽  
pp. 558-569 ◽  
Author(s):  
Giorgio Belluardo ◽  
Grazia Barchi ◽  
Dietmar Baumgartner ◽  
Marcus Rennhofer ◽  
Philipp Weihs ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 112 (6) ◽  
pp. 1119-1137 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tim Deutschmann ◽  
Steffen Beirle ◽  
Udo Frieß ◽  
Michael Grzegorski ◽  
Christoph Kern ◽  
...  

2010 ◽  
Vol 10 (5) ◽  
pp. 13373-13405 ◽  
Author(s):  
B. Mayer ◽  
S. W. Hoch ◽  
C. D. Whiteman

Abstract. The MYSTIC three-dimensional Monte-Carlo radiative transfer model has been extended to simulate solar and thermal irradiances with a rigorous consideration of topography. Forward as well as backward Monte Carlo simulations are possible for arbitrarily oriented surfaces and we demonstrate that the backward Monte Carlo technique is superior to the forward method for applications involving topography, by greatly reducing the computational demands. MYSTIC is used to simulate the short- and longwave radiation fields during a clear day and night in and around Arizona's Meteor Crater, a bowl-shaped, 165-m-deep basin with a diameter of 1200 m. The simulations are made over a 4 by 4 km domain using a 10-m horizontal resolution digital elevation model and meteorological input data collected during the METCRAX (Meteor Crater Experiment) field experiment in 2006. Irradiance (or radiative flux) measurements at multiple locations inside the crater are then used to evaluate the simulations. MYSTIC is shown to realistically model the complex interactions between topography and the radiative field, resolving the effects of terrain shading, terrain exposure, and longwave surface emissions. The effects of surface temperature variations and of temperature stratification within the crater atmosphere on the near-surface longwave irradiance are then evaluated with additional simulations.


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