(_users_guide)=
# Users Guide


[Configuring the Model and Setting up Your Calculation](required_components.md)
: Information on how to set up the model for your specific calculation

[Solar Irradiance](users_guide/solar_irradiance.md)
: Absolute vs relative radiances, and how to include the solar irradiance

[Atmospheric and Surface Emissions](users_guide/emissions.md)
: Enabling emission source and how to include thermal emissions

[Calculating Weighting Functions](weighting_functions.md)
: How to calculate derivatives (weighting functions) of output quantities with respect to input quantities

[Polarized Calculations](users_guide/polarization.md)
: Enabling calculation of the full Stokes Vector

[Setting the Surface BRDF](users_guide/brdf.md)
: How to use the built in surface reflectance models

[Specifying Aerosols and Clouds](users_guide/aerosols.md)
: How aerosols and clouds can be included in the model

[Calculating Fluxes](users_guide/flux.md)
: Internal flux calculation capability

[Including Mie Scatterers](users_guide/mie.md)
: In-depth details on how to use the build in Mie scattering database generation

[Ray Tracing and Refraction](users_guide/refraction.md)
: Including refractive effects in the ray-tracing

[Photochemical Emission](users_guide/volume_emission.md)
: Photochemical emission support as a source term

[Built in Geodesy Tools](users_guide/geodetic.md)
: Methods to work with datums such as WGS84

[Input Validation](users_guide/input_validation.md)
: Information on how user input values are automatically validated


```{toctree}
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required_components
weighting_functions
users_guide/solar_irradiance.md
users_guide/emissions.md
users_guide/aerosols.md
users_guide/flux.md
users_guide/mie.md
users_guide/refraction.md
users_guide/polarization.md
users_guide/brdf.md
users_guide/performance.md
users_guide/phase.md
users_guide/volume_emission.md
users_guide/geodetic.md
users_guide/input_validation.md
```