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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