Abstract
For a realistic model of a planetary atmosphere, a gradient-flux relation for both continuum and continuum-plus-spectral-line frequencies is derived. It provides the thermal-emission profile of the atmosphere, independent of scattering and of polarization. The relation also provides an experimental criterion for the existence of radiative equilibrium across the atmosphere.
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