Overview
- Summarizes recent developments in the field of light scattering media optics and radiative transfer
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Part of the book sub series: Environmental Sciences (ENVIRONSCI)
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This volume of Light Scattering Reviews describes some recent advances in a broad area of light scattering media optics. It is composed of three parts. The ?rst part is concerned with single light scattering by small nonspherical p- ticles such as crystals in clouds or suspensions of various cells. Most natural media are characterized by a variety of shapes and often a particular selection of particle shape is not representative of the ensemble of shapes encountered during measurements. This being the case, theoretical calculations are only of limited value and comprehensive experimental studies must be performed to e- cidate the question of optical response for a collection of particles having diverse shapes. The volume opens with the paper of Timothy Garrett, which describes a number of recent in situ airborne experiments related to the quanti?cation of optical properties of cirrus clouds. Min Xu and Alvin Katz discuss a novel statistical approach to deal with the light extinction and absorption properties of small nonspherical particles having a refractive index close to that of the host medium. In this case, van de Hulst’s anomalous di?raction theory can be used. The new approach is applied to studies of bio-agent detection and monitoring. Michael Kahnert presents a comprehensive theoretical treatment of symmetries in linear boundary value problems. The use of symmetries simpli?es electrom- netic scattering problems to a great extent.
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Table of contents (10 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Single Light Scattering
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Radiative Transfer and Inverse Problems
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Bi-directional Reflectance of Light from Natural and Artificial Surfaces
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Reviews
From the reviews:
“This one combines state-of-the-art theoretical contributions with applications of light scattering techniques to various fields ranging from cloud optics to microbial biophysics. … ‘Light Scattering Reviews 3’ volume is written by active researchers and recognized experts in their selected light scattering topics. Therefore, it is highly recommended for a broad light scattering community and for other scientists working on related or multidisciplinary problems involving light scattering techniques.” (Nikolai Khlebtsov, Journal of Quantitative Spectroscopy & Radiative Transfer, Vol. 111 (1), January, 2010)
Editors and Affiliations
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Light Scattering Reviews 3
Book Subtitle: Light Scattering and Reflection
Editors: Alexander A. Kokhanovsky
Series Title: Springer Praxis Books
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-48546-9
Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2008
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-48305-2Published: 13 February 2008
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-08010-4Published: 30 November 2010
eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-48546-9Published: 22 August 2008
Series ISSN: 2945-7475
Series E-ISSN: 2945-7483
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXII, 408
Number of Illustrations: 250 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Jointly published with Praxis Publishing, UK
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