[OPTICAL REVIEW Vol. 2, No. 6 (1995) 420-423]
A Time of Flight Model for Cloud's Radiative Transfer
Amos TALMI1 and Jonathan Bar-Sagi2
1AT Scientific Systems Ltd., Poria Ellit, Lower Gallil 15208, Israel, 2Soreq Nuclear Research Center, Atmospheric Optics Department, Yavne 70600, Israel
(Received November 1, 1994; Accepted June 26, 1995)
A model for fast calculation of path radiance of finite clouds is presented. The calculations are simplified by using the reciprocity principle and the homogenousness property of the incident light. Comparisons with reasonably accurate calculations for spherical cloud and two-dimensional infinite layer were made.
Key words : scattering, random media