Vector radiative transfer code SORD: Performance analysis and quick start guide
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Korkin, Ser Alegey, Alexei Lyapustin,xander Sinyuk, Brent Holben, and Alexander Kokhanovsky. “Vector Radiative Transfer Code SORD: Performance Analysis and Quick Start Guide.” Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer 200 (October 1, 2017): 295–310. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.04.035.
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We present a new open source polarized radiative transfer code SORD written in Fortran 90/95. SORD numerically simulates propagation of monochromatic solar radiation in a plane-parallel atmosphere over a reflecting surface using the method of successive orders of scattering (hence the name). Thermal emission is ignored. We did not improve the method in any way, but report the accuracy and runtime in 52 benchmark scenarios. This paper also serves as a quick start user's guide for the code available from ftp://maiac.gsfc.nasa.gov/pub/skorkin, from the JQSRT website, or from the corresponding (first) author.