Articles | Volume 13, issue 4
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1945-2020
https://doi.org/10.5194/gmd-13-1945-2020
Model description paper
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20 Apr 2020
Model description paper |  | 20 Apr 2020

Comparative analysis of atmospheric radiative transfer models using the Atmospheric Look-up table Generator (ALG) toolbox (version 2.0)

Jorge Vicent, Jochem Verrelst, Neus Sabater, Luis Alonso, Juan Pablo Rivera-Caicedo, Luca Martino, Jordi Muñoz-Marí, and José Moreno

Model code and software

Atmospheric Look-up table Generator (ALG) v2.0 J. Vicent, J. Verrelst, N. Sabater, L. Alonso, J. P. Rivera-Caicedo, L. Martino, J. Muñoz-Marí, and J. Moreno https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.3555575

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Short summary
The modeling of light propagation through the atmosphere is key to process satellite images and to understand atmospheric processes. However, existing atmospheric models can be complex to use in practical applications. Here we aim at providing a new software tool to facilitate using advanced models and to generate large databases of simulated data. As a test case, we use this tool to analyze differences between several atmospheric models, showing the capabilities of this open-source tool.