Vegetation Radiative Transfer Modelling (Nadine Gobron) - PEER

Single scattering albedo
↓
∂I
(z)
E ∂z
↑
∂I
(z)
E ∂z
1 ↓
↓
↑
= −I
= + I
(1 + g)
(z) + ω I
2
(1 + g)
(z) − ω I
2
(1 − g)
(z) + ω I
2
(1 − g)
(z) − ω I
2
1 ↑
↑
↓
(z)
(z)
ω =
S
S + K
=
S
E
• Single scattering albedo ω =0 for total absorption (no
scattering)
• Single scattering albedo ω =1 for total or conservative
scattering (no absorption)
Pinty, B. and M. M. Verstraete (1998) `Introduction to Radiation Transfer Modeling in Geophysical Media’, in From Urban
Air Pollution to Extra-Solar Planets, ERCA Volume 3 Edited by C. Boutron, EDP Sciences, Les Ulis, France, 67-87.
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