.. _sec-user_guide: User guide ========== The user guide introduces a range of topics explaining parts of Eradiate from a user's perspective. Reading this material is not necessary to learn how to run simulations with Eradiate—for this, it is advised to refer to the :ref:`sec-tutorials`. What is Eradiate? ----------------- Eradiate is a modern radiative transfer model for Earth observation applications. It primarily targets calibration/validation applications and focuses on delivering highly accurate results. Eradiate is built around a radiometric kernel based on the Mitsuba 3 rendering system. It provides abstractions to conveniently build scenes, manage kernel runs and collect results. Features: What can I do with Eradiate? -------------------------------------- Perform monochromatic and band simulations. Eradiate can simulate radiative transfer for a single wavelength or a spectral band (using the correlated *k*-distribution method) between in the solar reflective domain. Perform simulations on one-dimensional scenes. Eradiate can simulate top-of-atmosphere and in-situ radiance and reflectance on 1D scenes consisting of a smooth surface underneath an atmosphere including gases and an arbitrary number of aerosol layers, and discretized into uniform, horizontally invariant layers. Under the hood, Eradiate performs these simulations using 3D scenes carefully designed to produce results similar to what one would get with 1D geometries. Eradiate supports plane-parallel and spherical-shell geometries. Perform simulations on three-dimensional scenes. Eradiate can simulate top-of-canopy/atmosphere radiance and in-situ radiance and reflectance on 3D scenes consisting of a vegetated ground patch, with or without atmosphere above it. .. seealso:: For a full list of features, head to `our website `_. Guides ------ .. toctree:: :maxdepth: 1 install basic_concepts config package_structure atmosphere_experiment dem_experiment canopy_scene_loader ../../src/user_guide/spectral_discretization.ipynb conventions unit_guide_user