Good question!

The publications in the 1930s on the Turing machines and some related were the 
first about modern computers.

When was radiative transfer first developed as a concept- Chandrasekhar or 
before?

I am interested in the result.



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John

> On 26. Apr 2017, at 11:17, Stefan Buehler <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Dear radiative transfer enthusiasts,
> 
> here is a challenge for you: What is the earliest paper that describes remote 
> sensing radiative transfer calculations on an electronic computer?
> 
> For energy flux calculations, there is for example the landmark paper by 
> Manabe and Möller from 1961. Funnily, in these old papers, it is not always 
> easy to judge whether a computer was used or not, often it is not mentioned 
> explicitly.
> 
> Anyway, now I’m interested not in flux calculations, but in the earliest 
> paper that describes a forward model computer code for remote sensing. Any 
> suggestions?
> 
> Best wishes,
> 
> Stefan
> 
> Refs:
> 
> MANABE, S. and MÖLLER, F.: ON THE RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM AND HEAT BALANCE OF 
> THE ATMOSPHERE, Monthly Weather Review, 89(12), 503–532, 
> doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1961)089<0503:OTREAH>2.0.CO;2, 1961.

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