The Astrophysical Journal · 1968 · 10 citations · 0 references
Natural SciencesPhysicsAtmospheric RadiationAtmospheric ScienceOpticsAtmospheric AbsorptionAtmospheric OpticsAtmospheric ScatteringPhysical OpticsRadiative TransferScattering TheoryAtmospheric OpacityAtmospheric Radiative TransferOptical Scattering Phase FunctionPhase FunctionRadiative Transfer EquationsRadiative Transfer In Plane-parallel AtmospheresThickness-dependent Optical Properties
Exact radiative-transfer theory is applied to the case of parallel light incident from an arbitrary di- rection on a non-absorbing plane-parallel atmosphere of large optical thickness, scattering according to a phase function N 1 + Ec~s~P~(cos e