The Spherical Model of the Radiative Transfer in the Earth Atmosphere. I. A Review

The optical radiation transport in the Earth atmosphere is being investigated to scale over all planets. The problem statement is formulated. These peculiarities are determined. The extensive bibliography of the own country and foreign publications on the problems of the mathematical modelling of the Earth radiation field and on the methods of the numerical solution of the general boundary-value problem in the radiative transfer theory for a plane layer and spherical shell with a reflecting underlying surface is given.