The SASKTRAN Radiative Transfer Framework¶
The SASKTRAN radiative transfer framework is a radiative transfer tool developed at the University of Saskatchewan.
Originally designed for use with the OSIRIS instrument (https://research-groups.usask.ca/osiris/) it has since
evolved to be applicable to a large variety of applications. SASKTRAN is a full framework and not just a radiative
transfer model, as such it contains databases or interfaces to standard climatologies and species optical properties.
It also contains multiple methods to solve the radiative transfer equation that we call engines, each one of which has a
specific domain that it is applicable to. The primary two engines are SASKTRAN-HR which is a fully spherical
scattering model and contained within this package, and SASKTRAN-DO which is a discrete ordinates model suitable for
nadir viewing applications. More information on SASKTRAN-DO can be found at https://arg.usask.ca/docs/sasktran_do/.
License¶
SASKTRAN is made available under the MIT license restricted for academic and educational use, for commercial use please contact the package authors. Commerical level support may also be available for specific applications. We request that users of the model contact the authors before publishing results using SASKTRAN, and that the following publications are acknowledged:
Zawada, D. J., Dueck, S. R., Rieger, L. A., Bourassa, A. E., Lloyd, N. D., and Degenstein, D. A.: High-resolution and Monte Carlo additions to the SASKTRAN radiative transfer model, Atmos. Meas. Tech., 8, 2609-2623, https://doi.org/10.5194/amt-8-2609-2015, 2015.
Bourassa, A. E., Degenstein, D. A., and Llewellyn, E. J.: SASKTRAN: A Spherical Geometry Radiative Transfer Code for Efficient Estimation of Limb Scattered Sunlight, J Quant Spectrosc Radiat Trans, Volume 109, Issue 1, 52-73, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2007.07.007, 2008.
Contact¶
Inquiries and bug reports can be sent to Daniel Zawada (daniel.zawada@usask.ca).