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Eddington Approximation

Eddington Approximation is a closure method in radiative transfer theory that assumes a linear relationship between the second moment of the radiation intensity and the local energy density to simplify the integro-differential transport equation under the diffusion approximation.

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Eddington's Approximation

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The Delta-Eddington Approximation for Radiative Flux Transfer

Joachim H. Joseph, W. J. Wiscombe, J. A. Weinman · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1976 · 1.1K citations · Full text

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A flux-limited diffusion theory

C. David Levermore, G. C. Pomraning · The Astrophysical Journal · 1981 · 686 citations

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Delta‐Eddington approximation for solar radiation in the NCAR community climate model

Bruce P. Briegleb · Journal of Geophysical Research Atmospheres · 1992 · 584 citations

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Two-Stream Approximations to Radiative Transfer in Planetary Atmospheres: A Unified Description of Existing Methods and a New Improvement

W. E. Meador, W. R. Weaver · Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences · 1980 · 561 citations

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Relating Eddington factors to flux limiters

C. David Levermore · Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer · 1984 · 514 citations

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Authors

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  1. GC
    G. C. Pomraning

    University of California, Los Angeles, United States

    5 publications · 807 citations

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  2. JF
    Jun Fükue

    Osaka Kyoiku University, Japan

    4 publications · 66 citations

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  3. WJ
    W. J. Wiscombe

    Goddard Space Flight Center, United States

    4 publications · 1.9K citations

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  4. WE
    W. E. Meador

    Langley Research Center, United States

    3 publications · 609 citations

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  5. JL
    Jiangnan Li

    University of Victoria, Canada

    3 publications · 87 citations

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Institutions

153

  1. NSF National Center for Atmospheric Research

    Boulder, United States

    5 h-index

    9 publications

    3.7K citations

  2. Osaka Kyoiku University

    Kashihara, Japan

    5 h-index

    6 publications

    103 citations

  3. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    4 h-index

    9 publications

    883 citations

  4. Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics

    Toronto, Canada

    4 h-index

    4 publications

    156 citations

  5. The University of Tokyo

    Tokyo, Japan

    4 h-index

    5 publications

    269 citations

  6. Langley Research Center

    Hampton, United States

    4 h-index

    7 publications

    1.3K citations

  7. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    4 h-index

    8 publications

    955 citations

  8. University of Wisconsin–Madison

    Madison, United States

    3 h-index

    4 publications

    1.5K citations

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  1. The Astrophysical Journal

    ApJ · 37 publications · 2.3K citations

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  3. Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

    13 publications · 3K citations

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  4. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer

    JQSRT · 9 publications · 731 citations

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