Numerical modeling of uniform slab brightness coefficients based on the mirror reflection principle and linear singular integral equations solutions

Based on the mirror reflection principle and solutions of modified linear singular integral equations, the numerical modeling of the unified exit function of the outside radiation field and photometrical invariants of brightness coefficients for a uniform slab of finite optical thickness has been carried out. The efficacy of applying the angular discretization method for problems of numerical modeling of outer radiation fields in the «atmosphere — underlying surface» system has been proved. This new approach allows generalizing the basic results in the particular case of a semi-infinite uniform slab. In this connection the main mathematical aspects and computational peculiarity of the numerical realization of the angular discretization method have been considered. Due to linearity of the used basic integral equations, the conducted analysis can be generalized to the case of scalar and polarized inner radiation fields taking into account the multiple anisotropic scattering of photons and their reflection from an arbitrary horizontally uniform underlying surface.