DIFFUSE REFLECTION AND TRANSMISSION OF SOLAR-RADIATION BY A FINITE ATMOSPHERE BOUNDED BY A REFLECTING SURFACE

The problem of diffuse reflection and transmission of solar radiation through a planetary atmosphere bounded from below by a reflecting surf ace is solved. The solution method based on rewriting the solution of the proposed problem in terms of the well known standard problem solut ion, where the planetary surface does not reflect. The solution of the standard problem can be found elsewhere or as we did by using the max imum entropy method. Numerical results for the angular radiation inten sity and for the reflection and transmission coefficients are presente d and compared with those obtained by Chandrasekhar's method.