Abstract: The intensity and polarization of sunlight reflected by terrestrial water clouds are computed with the doubling method. The calculations illustrate that this method can be effectively used in problem involving strongly ...

Abstract: Measurements of circular polarization of visible light from planets have recently been reported. It is pointed out here that the values measured for the circular polarization for Jupiter and Venus are of the magnitude ...

Abstract: The doubling method is described for multiple scattering of light in plane-parallel atmospheres. The polarization of the radiation and the azimuth dependence are correctly accounted for. The method is practical for application ...

Abstract: The near infrared reflectivity of ice clouds is computed and compared to observations of Venus. The difficulty in making an exact correction for CO2 absorption precludes the possibility of either establishing or absolutely ...

Abstract: The authors simulate climate change for 1951?2050 using the GISS SI2000 atmospheric model coupled to HYCOM, a quasi-isopycnal ocean model (?ocean E?), and contrast the results with those obtained using the same atmosphere ...

Abstract: The polarization of reflected sunlight is computed for model atmospheres of Venus as a function of location on the apparent planetary disk. The calculations are for both homogeneous (uniformly mixed) and layered models, ...

Abstract: The spectrum of sunlight reflected by Jupiter is analyzed by comparing observations of Woodman et al. (1979) with multiple-scattering computations. The analysis yields information on the vertical cloud structure at several ...

Abstract: The linear polarization of sunlight reflected by Venus is analyzed by comparing observations with extensive multiple scattering computations. The analysis establishes that Venus is veiled by a cloud or haze layer of spherical ...

Abstract: A stochastic model for hourly temperatures for Big Spring, Tex., has been developed. The governing parameters were deduced from an 11-year developmental sample, and give hourly temperatures as a function of harmonics ...

Abstract: The intensity and polarization for single scattering by large spherical particles are computed using both the exact Mie theory and the approximation of ray optics. It is found that the ray-tracing method can yield accurate ...