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Environmental · L5 · Radiative Transfer Through a Layered Atmosphere

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How the Schwarzschild equation combines absorption and Planck emission layer-by-layer to produce the outgoing top-of-atmosphere spectrum.

by @openstemUpdated Environmental
🛰️ Top of atmosphereLayer n: absorb + emit B_v(T_n)Layer n-1: absorb + emit B_v(T_n-1)⋮ integrate down through τ🌍 Surface emission, τ=0 referenceUpward integration of dI/dτ = I − B_v📡 Outgoing spectrum at TOA

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