articleGeoscientific model developmentMay 3, 2016GOLD OA

The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations (version 2.0.1)

CEClaudia EmdeRBRobert Buras-SchnellAKArve KyllingBMBernhard MayerJGJosef Gasteiger

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München · NILU · +4 more institutions

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Abstract

Abstract. libRadtran is a widely used software package for radiative transfer calculations. It allows one to compute (polarized) radiances, irradiance, and actinic fluxes in the solar and thermal spectral regions. libRadtran has been used for various applications, including remote sensing of clouds, aerosols and trace gases in the Earth's atmosphere, climate studies, e.g., for the calculation of radiative forcing due to different atmospheric components, for UV forecasting, the calculation of photolysis frequencies, and for remote sensing of other planets in our solar system. The package has been described in Mayer and Kylling (2005). Since then several new features have been included, for example polarization,…

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  • Radiative transfer
  • Software
  • Radiative forcing
  • Remote sensing
  • Computer science
  • Trace gas
  • Atmospheric radiative transfer codes
  • Cloud computing
UN Sustainable Development Goals
  • Climate action
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