Kuo-Nan Liou, Ping Yang

Light Scattering by Ice Crystals

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This volume outlines the fundamentals and applications of light scattering, absorption and polarization processes involving ice crystals.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 460
• Erscheinungstermin: 9. September 2016
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 260mm x 183mm x 29mm
• Gewicht: 1054g
• ISBN-13: 9780521889162
• ISBN-10: 0521889162
• Artikelnr.: 45020120

Autorenporträt

Kuo-Nan Liou is a Distinguished Professor of Atmospheric Sciences and founding director of the Joint Institute for Regional Earth System Science and Engineering at the University of California, Los Angeles. Dr Liou has received numerous awards including the 1998 Jule G. Charney Award from the American Meteorological Society, for his pioneering work in the theory and application of radiative transport and its interaction with clouds, and the 2013 Roger Revelle Medal from the American Geophysical Union for outstanding contributions in atmospheric sciences. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Academia Sinica.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Ice in the Earth's atmosphere
2. Fundamentals of light scattering by ice crystals
3. Principle of geometric optics for application to light scattering by ice crystals
4. Other useful approaches for light scattering by ice particles
5. Application of light scattering by ice crystals to remote sensing
6. Application of light scattering by ice crystals to climate studies
References
Index.