Light Scattering Reviews 5 [electronic resource] : Single Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer / edited by Alexander A. Kokhanovsky.

Format
Book
Language
English
Εdition
1st ed. 2010.
Published/​Created
Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2010.
Description
1 online resource (566 p.)

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Series
Environmental Sciences [More in this series]
Subseries of
Springer Praxis Books
Summary note
The 5th volume of LIGHT SCATTERING REVIEWS is devoted to modern knowledge and milestones in both experimental and theoretical techniques related to radiative transfer and optics of such highly reflective objects as snow and ice. Twelve leading world experts in their respective fields provide important contributions to this fascinating subject. The first chapter has three parts: In the first, the main optical properties of large particles such ice crystals in snow and clouds are presented. The second part gives recent results in the understanding of light polarization and brightness near opposition, which is important for the observation of atmosphereless solar-system objects. The chapter ends with a summary of previous studies based on both approximate and rigorous methods of numerical light scattering simulations for fractal aggregates, such as soot particles. The second chapter of the book describes recent results in the broad area of radiative transfer. In the first three parts, several radiative transfer codes are presented and explained in detail: DISORT, the general-purpose discrete-ordinate algorithm for radiative transfer; SHARM, fast and accurate radiative transfer with atmospheric gaseous absorption and spatially variable anisotropic surfaces; and SCIATRAN, a new tool to study the polarized radiative transfer in the terrestrial atmosphere – underlying surface system. Part 4 studies optical properties of paper in the framework of radiative transfer theory, while the fifth part reviews the theoretical foundations of the inverse problems of radiative transfer. Part 6 concentrates on the linearization of atmospheric radiative transfer in spherical geometry, which is important for satellite remote sensing applications, such as limb mode observations of the atmosphere from space. The chapter ends with the radiative transfer modeling of the Ring effect, which is observed where the solar spectrum shows the so-called Fraunhofer lines of low intensity, caused by rotational Raman scattering by nitrogen and oxygen molecules in the Earth's atmosphere. Fundamental theoretical results from studies of the Ring effect are reported in this volume. Chapter 3 describes in two parts the optical properties of snow and ice, which are particularly relevant to studies of climate change. Part 1 considers the complex scattering optics of natural snow cover, while Part 2 describes novel theoretical and observational techniques for estimating light scattering in Arctic sea ice. Summing up, this book will be a valuable addition to the library of any scientist dealing with light scattering and radiative transfer problems.
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Bibliographic references
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Language note
English
Contents
  • Optical Properties of Small Particles and their Aggregates
  • Numerical simulations of light scattering and absorption characteristics of aggregates
  • Application of scattering theories to the characterization of precipitation processes
  • Modern Methods in Radiative Transfer
  • Using a 3-D radiative transfer Monte–Carlo model to assess radiative effects on polarized reflectances above cloud scenes
  • Linearization of radiative transfer in spherical geometry: an application of the forward-adjoint perturbation theory
  • Convergence acceleration of radiative transfer equation solution at strongly anisotropic scattering
  • Code SHARM: fast and accurate radiative transfer over spatially variable anisotropic surfaces
  • General invariance relations reduction method and its applications to solutions of radiative transfer problems for turbid media of various configurations
  • Optical Properties of Bright Surfaces and Regoliths
  • Theoretical and observational techniques for estimating light scattering in first-year Arctic sea ice
  • Reflectance of various snow types: measurements, modeling, and potential for snow melt monitoring
  • Simulation and modeling of light scattering in paper and print applications
  • Coherent backscattering in planetary regoliths.
ISBN
3-642-10336-7
OCLC
668096066
Doi
  • 10.1007/978-3-642-10336-0
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