Re: [arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

Dear all, in the Plass 1956 Paper (QJRMS, Volume 82, Issue 353, July 1956, Pages 310–324 ) there is this interesting acknowledgment. "ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This research was supported by the Office of Naval Research, Washington. I wish to thank Mr. L. Leopold for his extensive and careful work in

Re: [arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

Dear Franz, thanks for all the great suggestions! As to the 1952 number, I doubt that programmable computers as we know them were readily available in 1952. It really is not totally straightforward to guess how early calculations were performed practically. Best wishes, Stefan > On 26. Apr

Re: [arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

Dear Johannes, thanks, this is a great paper, it fits very well what I was looking for. Best wishes, Stefan > On 26. Apr 2017, at 12:32, Orphal, Johannes (IMK) > wrote: > > Dear all, > > Here is my suggestion (enclosed): Williamson & Houghton, Quarterly Journal of

Re: [arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

Dear John, I would say with K. Schwarzschild, Über das Gleichgewicht der Sonnenatmosphäre, 1906, where he develops the RTE for a nonscattering atmosphere. Best wishes, Stefan > On 26. Apr 2017, at 12:02, John Burrows > wrote: > > Good question! > > The

Re: [arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

Hi Stefan, Dear all, when thinking about 'old' radiative transfer computations Lowtran and Fascode immediately comes to my mind. In my book shelf I found a Lowtran5 report (1980), that cites Selby & McClatchey: Atmospheric Transmittance and Radiance ... Lowtran 2 (AFCRL-TR-72-0745) Apparently

Re: [arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

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. Sent from my iPhone John > On 26. Apr 2017, at

[arts-dev] First computer RT code paper

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,