VLIDORT: A linearized pseudo-spherical vector discrete ordinate radiative transfer code for forward model and retrieval studies in multilayer multiple scattering media

RJD Spurr - Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative …, 2006 - Elsevier
We describe a new vector discrete ordinate radiative transfer model with a full linearization
facility. The VLIDORT model is designed to generate simultaneous output of Stokes vector …

Global Characterization of CO2 Column Retrievals from Shortwave-Infrared Satellite Observations of the Orbiting Carbon Observatory-2 Mission

H Boesch, D Baker, B Connor, D Crisp, C Miller - Remote Sensing, 2011 - mdpi.com
The global characteristics of retrievals of the column-averaged CO2 dry air mole fraction,
XCO2, from shortwave infrared observations has been studied using the expected …

LIDORT and VLIDORT: Linearized pseudo-spherical scalar and vector discrete ordinate radiative transfer models for use in remote sensing retrieval problems

R Spurr - Light scattering reviews 3: Light scattering and …, 2008 - Springer
The modern treatment of the radiative transfer equation (RTE) in plane-parallel media dates
back to the pioneering work by Ambartsumian and Chandrasekhar in the 1940s …

Three years of greenhouse gas column-averaged dry air mole fractions retrieved from satellite–Part 1: Carbon dioxide

O Schneising, M Buchwitz, JP Burrows… - Atmospheric …, 2008 - acp.copernicus.org
Carbon dioxide (CO 2) and methane (CH 4) are the two most important anthropogenic
greenhouse gases. SCIAMACHY on ENVISAT is the first satellite instrument whose …

NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory: measuring the column averaged carbon dioxide mole fraction from space

D Crisp, CE Miller, PL DeCola - Journal of Applied Remote …, 2008 - spiedigitallibrary.org
The NASA Orbiting Carbon Observatory (OCO) will make space-based measurements of
atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) with the precision, resolution, and coverage needed to …

Toward High Precision XCO2 Retrievals From TanSat Observations: Retrieval Improvement and Validation Against TCCON Measurements

D Yang, H Boesch, Y Liu, P Somkuti… - Journal of …, 2020 - Wiley Online Library
TanSat is the 1st Chinese carbon dioxide (CO2) measurement satellite, launched in 2016. In
this study, the University of Leicester Full Physics (UoL‐FP) algorithm is implemented for …

Space‐based near‐infrared CO2 measurements: Testing the Orbiting Carbon Observatory retrieval algorithm and validation concept using SCIAMACHY observations …

H Bösch, GC Toon, B Sen… - Journal of …, 2006 - Wiley Online Library
Space‐based measurements of reflected sunlight in the near‐infrared (NIR) region promise
to yield accurate and precise observations of the global distribution of atmospheric CO2. The …

Developments for vegetation fluorescence retrieval from spaceborne high‐resolution spectrometry in the O2‐A and O2‐B absorption bands

L Guanter, L Alonso, L Gómez‐Chova… - Journal of …, 2010 - Wiley Online Library
Solar‐induced chlorophyll fluorescence is a weak electromagnetic signal emitted in the red
and far‐red spectral regions by vegetation chlorophyll under excitation by solar radiation …

A polarized radiative transfer model based on successive order of scattering

M Duan, Q Min, D Lü - Advances in Atmospheric Sciences, 2010 - Springer
Abstract Based on Successive Order of Scattering approach, a full Vector Radiative Transfer
model (SOSVRT) for vertically inhomogeneous plane-parallel media has been developed …

Polarized discrete ordinate adding approximation for infrared and microwave radiative transfer

W Li, F Zhang, F Bao, K Wu, J Li, P Zhang… - Journal of Quantitative …, 2022 - Elsevier
Abstract A POLarized Discrete ordinate aDding Approximation (POLDDA) is proposed to
solve the vector thermal radiative transfer equation in a vertically inhomogeneous plane …