Atmospheric Radiative Transfer Codes - Table of Models

Table of Models

Name	Website	References	UV	Visible	Near IR	Thermal IR	mm/sub-mm	Microwave	line-by-line/band	Scattering	Polarised	Geometry	License	Notes
4A/OP		Scott and Chédin (1981)	No	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	line-by-line	?	?		freeware
6S/6SV1		Kotchenova et al. (1997)	No	Yes	No	No	No	No	band	?	Yes			non-Lambertian surface
ARTS		Buehler et al. (2005)	No	No	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	line-by-line	Yes	Yes	spherical 1D, 2D, 3D	GPL
CRM			No	Yes	Yes	?	No	No		?	?		freely available	Part of NCAR Community Climate Model
CRTM			No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	Yes	band	Yes	?
DISORT		Stamnes et al. (1988)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	radar		Yes	No	plane-parallel	free with restrictions	discrete ordinate, used by others
Fu-Liou		Fu and Liou (1993)	No	Yes	Yes	?	No	No		Yes	?	plane-parallel	usage online, source code available	web interface online at
FUTBOLIN		Martin-Torres (2005)	λ>0.3 µm	Yes	Yes	Yes	λ<1000 µm	No	line-by-line	Yes	?	spherical or plane-parallel		handles line-mixing, continuum absorption and NLTE
GENLN2		Edwards (1992)	?	?	?	?	?	?	line-by-line	?	?
KARINE		Eymet (2005)	No	No	Yes		No	No		?	?	plane-parallel	GPL
KCARTA			?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?	line-by-line	Yes	?	plane-parallel	freely available	AIRS reference model
KOPRA			No	No	No	Yes	No	No		?	?
LBLRTM		Clough et al. (2005)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	line-by-line	?	?
LinePak		Gordley et al. (1994)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	line-by-line	No	No	spherical (Earth and Mars), plane-parallel	freely available	web interface, SpectralCalc
libRadtran		Mayer and Kylling (2005)	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	band or line-by-line	Yes	Yes	plane-parallel or pseudo-spherical	GPL
MATISSE		Caillault et al. (2007)	No	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	band	Yes	?		proprietary freeware
MODTRAN		Berk et al. (1998)	ṽ<50,000 cm-1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	band	Yes	?		proprietary commercial	solar and lunar source, uses DISORT
MOSART		Cornette (2006)	λ>0.2 µm	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	band	Yes	No		freely available
RFM			No	No	No	Yes	No	No	line-by-line	?	?		available on request	MIPAS reference model based on GENLN2
RRTM/RRTMG		Mlawer, et al. (1997)	ṽ<50,000 cm-1	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	ṽ>10 cm-1		?	?		free of charge	uses DISORT
RTMOM			λ>0.25 µm	Yes	Yes	λ<15 µm	No	No	line-by-line	Yes	?	plane-parallel	freeware
RTTOV		Saunders et al. (1999)	?	?	?	?	?	?	band	?	?		available on request
SBDART		Ricchiazzi et al. (1998)	Yes	Yes	Yes	?	No	No		Yes	?	plane-parallel		uses DISORT
SCIATRAN		Rozanov et al. (2005)	Yes	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		Yes	?	plane-parallel
SHARM		Lyapustin (2002)	No	Yes	Yes	No	No	No		Yes	?
SHDOM		Evans (2006)	?	?	Yes	Yes	?	?		Yes	?
Streamer, Fluxnet		Key and Schweiger (1998)	No	No	λ>0.6 mm	λ<15 mm	No	No	band	Yes	?	plane-parallel		Fluxnet is fast version of STREAMER using neural nets
XRTM			Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes	Yes		Yes	Yes	plane-parallel and pseudo-spherical	GPL
Name	Website	References	UV	VIS	Near IR	Thermal IR	Microwave	mm/sub-mm	line-by-line/band	Scattering	Polarised	Geometry	License	Notes

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