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References ​

For BibTeX entries, use CITATION.bib at the repository root.

How To Cite ​

If you use vSmartMOM.jl, please cite the vSmartMOM model paper and the JOSS software paper:

  • Sanghavi, S., Davis, A. B., and Eldering, A. (2014). vSmartMOM: A vector matrix operator method-based radiative transfer model linearized with respect to aerosol properties. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 133, 412-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.09.004

  • Jeyaram, R., Sanghavi, S., and Frankenberg, C. (2022). vSmartMOM.jl: An open-source Julia package for atmospheric radiative transfer and remote sensing tools. Journal of Open Source Software, 7(80), 4575. https://doi.org/10.21105/joss.04575

For rotational Raman scattering (RRS), please also cite the three papers under Raman Scattering below; for exoplanets and brown dwarfs, the three papers under Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs. Use the other method references below when your work depends on a specific solver component.

Matrix-Operator RT and Jacobians ​

  • Sanghavi, S. V., Martonchik, J. V., Davis, A. B., and Diner, D. J. (2013). Linearization of a scalar matrix operator method radiative transfer model with respect to aerosol and surface properties. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 116, 1-16. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2012.10.021

  • Sanghavi, S., Davis, A. B., and Eldering, A. (2014). vSmartMOM: A vector matrix operator method-based radiative transfer model linearized with respect to aerosol properties. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 133, 412-433. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.09.004

  • Sanghavi, S. and Stephens, G. (2015). Adaptation of the delta-m and delta-fit truncation methods to vector radiative transfer: Effect of truncation on radiative transfer accuracy. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 159, 53-68. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2015.03.007

Mie Phase-Matrix Fourier Decomposition ​

  • Sanghavi, S. (2014). Revisiting the Fourier expansion of Mie scattering matrices in generalized spherical functions. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 136, 16-27. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2013.12.015 (NAI-2 vs PCW comparison; corrected Domke formalism.)

Raman Scattering ​

  • Sanghavi, S. (2022). Raman scattering in the Earth's atmosphere, Part I: Optical properties. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 291, 108328. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2022.108328

  • Sanghavi, S. and Frankenberg, C. (2023). Raman scattering in the Earth's atmosphere, Part II: Radiative transfer modeling for remote sensing applications. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 311, 108791. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108791

  • Sanghavi, S. (2026). Isolating Cabannes and rotational Raman scattering to determine forward modeling error due to Rayleigh scattering in the Earth's atmosphere. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 363, 110077. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2026.110077

Exoplanets and Brown Dwarfs ​

  • Sanghavi, S. and Shporer, A. (2018). Photopolarimetric characteristics of brown dwarfs. I. Uniform cloud decks. The Astrophysical Journal, 866, 28. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/aadf94

  • Sanghavi, S. and West, R. (2019). Spectropolarimetric characteristics of brown dwarfs. II. Uniform clouds. The Astrophysical Journal, 877, 134. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/ab1b4e

  • Sanghavi, S., West, R., and Jiang, J. (2021). Cloudy atmospheres on directly imaged exoplanets: The need for accurate particulate representation in photopolarimetric simulations. The Astrophysical Journal, 907, 30. https://doi.org/10.3847/1538-4357/abcd99

vSmartMOM computes gas absorption from HITRAN line parameters, through AtmosphericAbsorption.jl. The spectroscopic parameters behind every line-by-line cross-section come from HITRAN, so if you publish results computed with HITRAN data, please cite the HITRAN edition you used, together with any of the data sources below that your calculation used. BibTeX entries are in CITATION.bib.

Which HITRAN edition did I use? ​

  • Default ("artifact" edition): HITRAN2016, distributed as Julia artifacts. This is what artifact("CO2") and YAML configurations use unless you change the edition.

  • Downloaded data (set_hitran_edition!, fetch_hitran): hitran.org serves only the current edition — HITRAN2024 at the time of writing. The edition string is a cache and provenance label; it does not select an older edition from the server. hitran_info(molecule) reports the download date and checksum recorded with the data.

  • Your own .par files: cite the edition the file came from.

HITRAN ​

  • Gordon, I. E., Rothman, L. S., Hargreaves, R. J., et al. (2026). The HITRAN2024 molecular spectroscopic database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 353, 109807. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2026.109807

  • Gordon, I. E., Rothman, L. S., Hargreaves, R. J., et al. (2022). The HITRAN2020 molecular spectroscopic database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 277, 107949. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107949

  • Gordon, I. E., Rothman, L. S., Hill, C., et al. (2017). The HITRAN2016 molecular spectroscopic database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 203, 3-69. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.06.038

Partition sums ​

  • Gamache, R. R., Vispoel, B., Rey, M., et al. (2021). Total internal partition sums for the HITRAN2020 database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 271, 107713. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2021.107713 (TIPS-2021, used by AtmosphericAbsorption.jl and hence by the RT pipeline.)

  • Gamache, R. R., Roller, C., Lopes, E., et al. (2017). Total internal partition sums for 166 isotopologues of 51 molecules important in planetary atmospheres: Application to HITRAN2016 and beyond. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 203, 70-87. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2017.03.045 (TIPS-2017, used by the deprecated internal vSmartMOM.Absorption line engine.)

HAPI, collision-induced absorption and the water-vapour continuum ​

  • Kochanov, R. V., Gordon, I. E., Rothman, L. S., et al. (2016). HITRAN Application Programming Interface (HAPI): A comprehensive approach to working with spectroscopic data. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 177, 15-30. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2016.03.005 (Cite when using non-Voigt line profiles or parameters through AtmosphericAbsorption.jl.)

  • Karman, T., Gordon, I. E., van der Avoird, A., et al. (2019). Update of the HITRAN collision-induced absorption section. Icarus, 328, 160-175. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.icarus.2019.02.034 (Cite when using HITRAN .cia files.)

  • Mlawer, E. J., Payne, V. H., Moncet, J.-L., et al. (2012). Development and recent evaluation of the MT_CKD model of continuum absorption. Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A, 370, 2520-2556. https://doi.org/10.1098/rsta.2011.0295

  • Mlawer, E. J., Cady-Pereira, K. E., Mascio, J., and Gordon, I. E. (2023). The inclusion of the MT_CKD water vapor continuum model in the HITRAN molecular spectroscopic database. Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy and Radiative Transfer, 306, 108645. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jqsrt.2023.108645 (Cite both when using the MT_CKD water-vapour continuum.)

ExoMol line lists used through AtmosphericAbsorption.jl have their own citation requirements; see that package's citing page.

Background References ​

  • Fell, F. (1997). Validierung eines Modells zur Simulation des Strahlungstransportes in Atmosphäre und Ozean.

  • Grant, I. P. and Hunt, G. E. (1969). Discrete space theory of radiative transfer I. Fundamentals. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London A, 313(1513), 183-197.

  • Plass, G. N., Kattawar, G. W., and Catchings, F. E. (1973). Matrix operator theory of radiative transfer. 1: Rayleigh scattering. Applied Optics, 12(2), 314-329.