Abstract

The general applicability of modern neutron transport methods to the analysis of radiative transfer problems in the atmosphere has been demonstrated in Ref. ¹ with special emphasis on one-dimensional geometries in non-homogeneous atmospheres. This paper describes a two-dimensional model calculation to quantify the radiation field that is generated by multiple scattering and target reflection when a 1.06 μm laser beam propagates through an atmosphere that contains haze and smoke.