Аннотация:Monte Carlo calculations of individual components of the outgoing solar radiation in the spherical atmosphere are used to study the spectral distributions of deviations of the total radiation intensity, radiances of the zero- and first-order scattering components, and atmospheric haze radiance from the corresponding characteristics for an average atmosphere. Four types of natural targets and different conditions of solar Illumination are considered, The features of formation of these components are described as functions of the atmosphere turbidity, which makes it possible to estimate the variability of the atmospheric effect as clutter during observation of these targets from space.