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Development and technical paper
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12 Mar 2024
Development and technical paper |
| 12 Mar 2024
| 12 Mar 2024
PyRTlib: an educational Python-based library for non-scattering atmospheric microwave radiative transfer computations
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA), Tito Scalo (Potenza), 85050, Italy
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA), Tito Scalo (Potenza), 85050, Italy
CETEMPS, University of L'Aquila, L'Aquila, 67100, Italy
Donatello Gallucci
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA), Tito Scalo (Potenza), 85050, Italy
Saverio Teodosio Nilo
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA), Tito Scalo (Potenza), 85050, Italy
Filomena Romano
National Research Council of Italy, Institute of Methodologies for Environmental Analysis (CNR-IMAA), Tito Scalo (Potenza), 85050, Italy
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Short summary
PyRTlib is an attractive educational tool because it provides a flexible and user-friendly way to broadly simulate how electromagnetic radiation travels through the atmosphere as it interacts with atmospheric constituents (such as gases, aerosols, and hydrometeors). PyRTlib is a so-called radiative transfer model; these are commonly used to simulate and understand remote sensing observations from ground-based, airborne, or satellite instruments.
PyRTlib is an attractive educational tool because it provides a flexible and user-friendly way...
