On Chahine's Relaxation Method for the Radiative Transfer Equation

1 August 1975

journal article
Published by American Meteorological Society in Journal of the Atmospheric Sciences

Vol. 32 (8) , 1626-1630
https://doi.org/10.1175/1520-0469(1975)032<1626:ocrmft>2.0.co;2

Abstract

The iteration scheme proposed by Chahine for the solution of the radiative transfer equation is discussed in the context of the inverse problem for the thermal structure of the atmosphere. Sufficient conditions which insure the convergence of the iteration are given.

Keywords

ATMOSPHERE
CHAHINE'S RELAXATION
EQUATION THE ITERATION
INSURE
INVERSE PROBLEM
RADIATIVE TRANSFER EQUATION
RELAXATION METHOD