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Conservation of radiant energy in a slab Δz<br />

We obtain the two-stream equations<br />

∂I<br />

↓<br />

∂z<br />

(z)<br />

= −KI<br />

↓<br />

(z)<br />

−<br />

SP<br />

↓↑<br />

I<br />

↓<br />

(z)<br />

+<br />

SP<br />

↑↓<br />

I<br />

↑<br />

(z)<br />

∂I<br />

↑<br />

∂z<br />

(z)<br />

= + KI<br />

↑<br />

(z)<br />

+<br />

SP<br />

↑↓<br />

I<br />

↑<br />

(z)<br />

−<br />

SP<br />

↓↑<br />

I<br />

↓<br />

(z)<br />

coefficients of absorption, K (in m -1 ) and scattering S (in m -1 )<br />

Pinty, B. and M. M. Verstraete (1998) `Introduction to Radiation <strong>Transfer</strong> Modeling in Geophysical Media’, in From Urban<br />

Air Pollution to Extra-Solar Planets, ERCA Volume 3 Edited by C. Boutron, EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France, 67-87.<br />

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