Dear Franz, thanks for all the great suggestions!
As to the 1952 number, I doubt that programmable computers as we know them were readily available in 1952. It really is not totally straightforward to guess how early calculations were performed practically. Best wishes, Stefan > On 26. Apr 2017, at 17:51, Franz Schreier <franz.schre...@dlr.de> wrote: > > Hi Stefan, Dear all, > > when thinking about 'old' radiative transfer computations Lowtran and Fascode > immediately comes to my mind. > In my book shelf I found a Lowtran5 report (1980), that cites > Selby & McClatchey: Atmospheric Transmittance and Radiance ... Lowtran 2 > (AFCRL-TR-72-0745) > Apparently work on RT modeling at (AF)GL has begun already in the sixties or > even earlier. > In fact, I also found > Ruth P. Liebowitz (GL Historian): Historical Brief GL Atmospheric Propagation > Codes for DoD Systems > In section 2. - The creation of LOWTRAN and FASCODE > "During the 1960s, AFCRL began to work towards the creation of transmission > models. ... > The early 1960s had seen the creation of band-models such as the Goody and > Altschuler models .... > Parallel to this applied effort, AFCRL continued to pursue basic research > goals. The infrared > spectroscopy programs of the 1960s .... " > > Ultimately this became Hitran! > The very first report "AFCRL Atmospheric Absorption Line Parameters > Compilation" > https://www.cfa.harvard.edu/hitran/Download/AFCRL73.pdf > starts with "About 10 years ago a program was initiated to compile > spectroscopic data ... (Gates et al. 1964)" linking to "computed spectra". > > Thomas Trautmann also suggested to remember the work of Plass, Kattawar, > Atwater, King, Kaplan etc. > Some of these old works are also referenced in old reviews, e.g. > A.J. LaRocca: Methods of Calculating Atmospheric Transmittance and Radiance > in the Infrared > (1975, doi: 10.1109/PROC.1975.9709) > > G.N. Plass: A Method for the Determination of Atmospheric Transmission > Functions from Laboratory Absorption Measurements (1952, doi > 10.1364/JOSA.42.000677) > > the calculations become so complicated that accurate results could only be > > obtained with the aid of an electronic computor. > > G.N. Plass: Models for Spectral Band Absorption (1958, doi > 10.1364/JOSA.48.000690) > > L.D. Gray & R.A. McClatchey: Calculations of Atmospheric Radiation From 4.2 μ > to 5 μ > (1965, doi: 10.1364/AO.4.001624) > > The present calculations utilize a computer subroutine, due to L. D. Kaplan > > and A. R. Curtis, > > M.A. Atwater: Comparison of Numerical Methods for Computing Radiative > Temperature Changes in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer > (http://dx.doi.org/10.1175/1520-0450(1966)005%3C0824:CONMFC%3E2.0.CO;2) > [Flux calculations, but "artificial satellites" are mentioned, remote > sensing?] > > Ok, guess this is enough for today, with 1952 as the earliest paper. > > Best wishes from Oberpfaffenhofen > Franz > > > On 04/26/2017 11:17 AM, Stefan Buehler wrote: >> Dear radiative transfer enthusiasts, >> >> here is a challenge for you: What is the earliest paper that describes >> remote sensing radiative transfer calculations on an electronic computer? >> >> For energy flux calculations, there is for example the landmark paper by >> Manabe and Möller from 1961. Funnily, in these old papers, it is not always >> easy to judge whether a computer was used or not, often it is not mentioned >> explicitly. >> >> Anyway, now I’m interested not in flux calculations, but in the earliest >> paper that describes a forward model computer code for remote sensing. Any >> suggestions? >> >> Best wishes, >> >> Stefan >> >> Refs: >> >> MANABE, S. and MÖLLER, F.: ON THE RADIATIVE EQUILIBRIUM AND HEAT BALANCE OF >> THE ATMOSPHERE, Monthly Weather Review, 89(12), 503–532, >> doi:10.1175/1520-0493(1961)089<0503:OTREAH>2.0.CO;2, 1961.. >> > _______________________________________________ arts_dev.mi mailing list arts_dev.mi@lists.uni-hamburg.de https://mailman.rrz.uni-hamburg.de/mailman/listinfo/arts_dev.mi
