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Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-14-3953-2021
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Articles | Volume 14, issue 5
Research article
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28 May 2021
Research article |  | 28 May 2021

Systematic comparison of vectorial spherical radiative transfer models in limb scattering geometry

Daniel Zawada, Ghislain Franssens, Robert Loughman, Antti Mikkonen, Alexei Rozanov, Claudia Emde, Adam Bourassa, Seth Dueck, Hannakaisa Lindqvist, Didier Ramon, Vladimir Rozanov, Emmanuel Dekemper, Erkki Kyrölä, John P. Burrows, Didier Fussen, and Doug Degenstein

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Satellite measurements of atmospheric composition often rely on computer tools known as radiative transfer models to model the propagation of sunlight within the atmosphere. Here we have performed a detailed inter-comparison of seven different radiative transfer models in a variety of conditions. We have found that the models agree remarkably well, at a level better than previously reported. This result provides confidence in our understanding of atmospheric radiative transfer.
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