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=== Main documentation of libRadtran ===

    * Documentation for [[http://www.libradtran.org/doc/libradtran.pdf|version 2.0.6 in pdf]] format, also included in the package (libRadtran/doc/libRadtran.pdf).
    * A few words on the basic usage of the package can be found [[:basic usage|here]].


    
=== libRadtran publications ===

The two reference publications provide an **overview of libRadtran and examples of use**:

  * C. Emde, R. Buras-Schnell, A. Kylling, B. Mayer, J. Gasteiger, U. Hamann, J. Kylling, B. Richter, C. Pause, T. Dowling, and L. Bugliaro. **The libradtran software package for radiative transfer calculations (version 2.0.1).** //Geoscientific Model Development//, 9(5):1647-1672, 2016, [[http://www.geosci-model-dev.net/9/1647/2016/|link]]

  * B. Mayer and A. Kylling. **Technical note: The libRadtran software package for radiative transfer calculations - description and examples of use**. //Atmos. Chem. Phys.//, 5: 1855-1877, 2005, [[http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/5/1855/2005/acp-5-1855-2005.html|link]]  


The **absorption parameterization REPTRAN** (default in libRadtran) is described in: 
 
  *  J. Gasteiger, C. Emde, B. Mayer, R. Buras, S.A. Buehler, and O. Lemke. **Representative wavelengths absorption parameterization applied to satellite channels and spectral bands.** //J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer//, 148(0):99-115, 2014, [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407314002842|link]],{{::reptran_paper_preprint.pdf|preprint}}

Updates included into the **default radiative transfer solver DISORT** (C-Version of DISORT with improved intensity correction method) are described in:

  * R. Buras, T. Dowling, and C. Emde. **New secondary-scattering correction in DISORT with increased efficiency for forward scattering.** //J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer//, 112(12):2028-2034, 2011. [[https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2011.03.019|link]].

The tool to calculate line-by-line absorption coefficients **py4CAtS** (PYthon for Computational ATmospheric Spectroscopy) is described in: 

  * F. Schreier, S. Gimeno García, P. Hochstaffl, and S. Städt. **Py4CAtS—PYthon for Computational ATmospheric Spectroscopy**. Atmosphere 2019, 10, 262. [[https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4433/10/5/262/htm|link]]

There are various publications related to the **Monte Carlo solver MYSTIC** (1D version available in the public version of libRadtran):

  * //General overview:// B. Mayer. **Radiative transfer in the cloudy atmosphere.** //European Physical Journal Conferences//, 1:75-99, 2009. [[http://www.epj-conferences.org/articles/epjconf/abs/2009/01/epjconf1008/epjconf1008.html|link]]
    
  * //Spherical geometry:// C. Emde and B. Mayer. **Simulation of solar radiation during a total eclipse: a challenge for radiative transfer.** //Atmos. Chem. Phys.//, 7:2259-2270, May 2007. [[http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/7/2259/2007/|link]]

  * //Polarization:// C. Emde, R. Buras, B. Mayer, and M. Blumthaler. **The impact of aerosols on polarized sky radiance: model development, validation, and applications.** //Atmos. Chem. Phys.//, 10, 383-396, 2010. [[http://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/383/2010/acp-10-383-2010.html|link]]

  * //Topography:// B. Mayer, S.W. Hoch, and C.D. Whiteman. **Validating the MYSTIC three-dimensional radiative transfer model with observations from the complex topography of Arizona's Meteor Crater.** //Atmos. Chem. Phys.//, 10, 8685-8696, 2010. [[https://www.atmos-chem-phys.net/10/8685/2010/|link]]

  * //Variance reduction methods:// R. Buras and B. Mayer. **Efficient unbiased variance reduction techniques for Monte Carlo simulations of radiative transfer in cloudy atmospheres: the solution.** //J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer//, 112, 434-447, 2011. [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407311001373|link]]

  * //Efficient spectral calculations:// C. Emde, R. Buras, R., and B. Mayer. **ALIS: An efficient method to compute high spectral resolution polarized solar radiances using the Monte Carlo approach.** //J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer//, 112, 1622-1631, 2011. [[http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407311001373|link]]
  
  * //Thermal heating and cooling rates:// C. Klinger and B. Mayer. **Three-dimensional Monte Carlo calculation of atmospheric thermal heating rates.** , //J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer//, 144:123--136, 2014. [[https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0022407314001642|link]]

=== libRadtran development ===

If you want to contribute to further development of libRadtran please contact the libRadtran developers.