The solar radiation transport through broken clouds can be treated as photon transport through stochastic media. The stochastic radiative transfer equation and a new statistically inhomogeneous Markovian model are used to derive analytically equations for the ensemble-averaged intensity. The computational method for solving these equations is introduced and their accuracy and robustness are discussed. Validation tests show good predictive performance for the mean radiative properties.
Revised: August 4, 2006 |
Published: May 1, 2006
Citation
Kassianov E.I. 2006.Mathematical Simulation of the Radiative Transfer in Statistically Inhomogeneous Clouds. In Computational Methods in Transport Workshop held September 11-16, 2004, in Granlibakken, CA, published as Computational Methods in Transport, edited by Frank Graziani, 141-149. New York, New York:Springer.PNNL-SA-44689.