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Welcome to JURASSIC!

The Juelich Rapid Spectral Simulation Code (JURASSIC) is a fast infrared radiative transfer model for the analysis of atmospheric remote sensing measurements.

Features

These are some of the most important features of the JURASSIC model:

  • JURASSIC uses the emissivity growth approximation (EGA) to conduct the radiative transfer calculations. Band transmittances are obtained from pre-calculated look-up tables from line-by-line calculations.
  • The model was carefully tested in intercomparisons with the Karlsruhe Optimized and Precise Radiative Transfer Algorithm (KOPRA), the Reference Forward Model (RFM), and the Stand-alone AIRS Radiative Transfer Algorithm (SARTA).
  • JURASSIC features an MPI-OpenMP hybrid parallelization for efficient use on HPC systems.
  • Distributed as open source under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Contact

We are interested in sharing JURASSIC for research applications. Please do not hesitate to contact us, if you have any questions or need support.

Dr. Lars Hoffmann, l.hoffmann@fz-juelich.de

Jülich Supercomputing Centre, Forschungszentrum Jülich