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Workspace Method mc_IWP_cloud_opt_pathCalc
Description
Calculates the FOV averaged ice water path and cloud optical path for a given viewing direction
Authors: Cory Davis
Synopsis
| mc_IWP_cloud_opt_pathCalc( | mc_IWP, mc_cloud_opt_path, mc_IWP_error, mc_cloud_opt_path_error, mc_iteration_count, mc_antenna, sensor_pos, sensor_los, ppath_step_agenda, p_grid, lat_grid, lon_grid, r_geoid, z_surface, z_field, t_field, vmr_field, cloudbox_limits, pnd_field, scat_data_mono, particle_masses, mc_seed, max_iter ) |
Variables
| OUT | mc_IWP | (Numeric) | The ice water path integrated over the field of view |
| OUT | mc_cloud_opt_path | (Numeric) | The cloud optical path integrated over the field of view. |
| OUT | mc_IWP_error | (Numeric) | The standard error of ice water path integrated over the field of view |
| OUT | mc_cloud_opt_path_error | (Numeric) | Standad error in the cloud optical path integrated over the field of view. |
| OUT | mc_iteration_count | (Index) | Counts the number of iterations (or photons) used in the MC scattering algorithm. |
| IN | mc_antenna | (MCAntenna) | Antenna pattern description for dedicated MC calculaions. |
| IN | sensor_pos | (Matrix) | The sensor position for each measurement block. |
| IN | sensor_los | (Matrix) | The sensor line-of-sight (LOS) for each measurement block. |
| IN | ppath_step_agenda | (Agenda) | See agendas.cc. |
| IN | p_grid | (Vector) | The pressure grid. |
| IN | lat_grid | (Vector) | The latitude grid. |
| IN | lon_grid | (Vector) | The longitude grid. |
| IN | r_geoid | (Matrix) | Geoid radius. |
| IN | z_surface | (Matrix) | The surface altitude. |
| IN | z_field | (Tensor3) | The field of geometrical altitudes. |
| IN | t_field | (Tensor3) | The field of atmospheric temperatures. |
| IN | vmr_field | (Tensor4) | VMR field. |
| IN | cloudbox_limits | (ArrayOfIndex) | The limits of the cloud box. |
| IN | pnd_field | (Tensor4) | Particle number density field. |
| IN | scat_data_mono | (ArrayOfSingleScatteringData) | Monochromatic single scattering data. |
| IN | particle_masses | (Vector) | The mass of each particle type stored in a vector Usage: Set by the user. |
| IN | mc_seed | (Index) | The integer seed for the random number generator used by Monte Carlo methods. |
| GIN | max_iter | (Index) | Maximum number of iterations. |