| What's MCstar |
| This routine assumes a system of atmospheric boxes and calculate solar and thermal radiances at the observing point of the system by Monte-Carlo (MC) method (Okata et al., 2017). Current version has an option of a backward ray tracing system of the three-dimensional Improved Multiple and Single scattering (3D-IMS) method for efficient radiance calculation (imthd=3; Momoi et al., 2022b). Also the radiative fluxes at the six system boundaries are calculated. The system uses heritage routines of Rstar6, so please also refer to the Rstar program documents. |
| What's New (news, updates) | |
23.10.30 Revised and Added some components by M. Momoi.
| 21.12.10 Created by T. Nakajima based on the routines made by M. Okata.
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| Developer |
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Masahiro Momoi Miho Sekiguchi Megumi Okata Teruyuki Nakajima |
| References |
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Momoi, M., H. Irie, T. Nakajima, and M. Sekiguchi, 2022a: Efficient calculation of radiative intensity including the polarization effect in moderately thick atmospheres using a truncation approximation, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 277, 107976, 1-15, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107976. Momoi, M., T. Nakajima, H. Irie, and M. Okata, 2022b: Efficient calculation of radiative intensity in three-dimensional atmospheres based on the Pn-IMS truncation method with a backward ray tracing system, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 293, 108369, 1-16, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108369. Nakajima, T., and M. Tanaka, 1988: Algorithms for radiative intensity calculations in moderately thick atmospheres using a truncation approximation. J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer, 40, 51-69, https://doi.org/10.1016/0022-4073(88)90031-3. Okata, M., T. Nakajima, K. Suzuki, T. Inoue, T. Y. Nakajima, and H. Okamoto, 2017: Astudy on radiative transfer effects in 3-D cloudy atmosphere using satellite data, J. Geophys. Res. Atmos., 122, 443-468, https://doi.org/10.1002/2016JD025441. |
| Data Policy |
| Libraries included in this system are provided to users with the understanding that they will be used only for non-profit scientific or educational purposes, the origin of the data, programs, parameters, are always acknowledged, and the users should assume complete responsibility for any direct and indirect damages due to use of these libraries. |
| Download of MCstar |
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If you would like to use MCstar, please contact Masahiro Momoi and Miho Sekiguchi.
e-mail: m.momoi@ (please add biglobe.jp after @) |