Notebook Gallery

All notebooks run locally once pyRadtran and libRadtran are installed and ~/.pyradtran/config.yaml points to your installation (see Installation). Case studies using non-public campaign data are adaptable — swap in your own file paths.

Tutorials — learn one thing at a time

Notebook	Teaches
PyRadtran Quickstart	The full basic workflow in ten minutes
The Parameter System: A Deep Dive	The parameter system end to end: params, Var, validation, describe(), explain(), channels, jacobians
Quickstart: Surface Albedo	Per-point surface albedo with Var
Quickstart: Broadband Thermal	Broadband thermal irradiance
Quickstart: Brightness Temperature	Brightness temperatures for a nadir imager
Quickstart: Solar Spectral	Spectral solar irradiance
Quickstart: ERA5 Atmosphere	ERA5 reanalysis as the atmosphere profile
Advanced: Water Clouds	A parametric water cloud via wc_file
Advanced: Mixed-Phase Clouds (+ ERA5 data)	Mixed-phase cloud profiles from files
Radiosonde Atmosphere Generator	Atmosphere files from IGRA radiosondes

Case studies — full research workflows

Arctic radiation science built from the tutorial ingredients: campaign simulations, instrument forward models, sensitivity studies.

Notebook	Topic
Advanced: Multi-Dimensional Cloud Experiment	Cloud parameter sweeps over sea ice
Realistic simulation of VELOX thermal infrared channels	Six-channel VELOX thermal imager forward model
Advanced: Custom Dimension Iteration	Thermal imager with realistic atmospheres
Cloud Radiative Forcing with Real ACLOUD Data	Spectral albedo shifts under clouds
Advanced: Reproducing Shupe & Intrieri (2004)	Shupe & Intrieri cloud-forcing analysis
Advanced: Reproducing Shupe & Intrieri (2004) Part 2: Adding seasonal ERA5 Profiles	Seasonal ERA5 profiles over sea ice
Advanced: Solar Validation Against HALO-(AC)³ Aircraft Measurements	HALO-(AC)³ broadband radiometer validation
Advanced: Realistic Clouds from Observations (Thermal)	Campaign radiosonde-driven thermal runs
Advanced: Realistic Clouds from Observations (Solar Spectral)	Campaign radiosonde-driven spectral runs
Processing: ERA5 Sea Ice Profiles	Sea-ice ERA5 download & processing
Arctic Atmosphere in a Warming Climate: ERA5 Sea-Ice Profiles	Visualising the processed ERA5 data
Processing: CARRA Reanalysis Atmosphere	CARRA regional reanalysis profiles
Processing: Station Nord 2024	Station Nord 2024 thermal study
Advanced: Ny-Ålesund Radiation	Ny-Ålesund radiation with radiosondes

Tip

Something looks off? Check your input file! — inspecting the generated uvspec input is the fastest route to a diagnosis.