This new and completely updated edition offers valuable, practical approaches to radiative transfer for students and researchers. It provides a basic understanding of the role of radiation in climate and climate change and teaches how to use radiative transfer tools to analyze data from ground-based, airborne and satellite sensors.
This new and completely updated edition offers valuable, practical approaches to radiative transfer for students and researchers. It provides a basic understanding of the role of radiation in climate and climate change and teaches how to use radiative transfer tools to analyze data from ground-based, airborne and satellite sensors.Hinweis: Dieser Artikel kann nur an eine deutsche Lieferadresse ausgeliefert werden.
Knut Stamnes is a Professor in the Department of Physics and Engineering Physics and Director of the Light and Life Laboratory at Stevens Institute of Technology, New Jersey. His research interests include radiative transfer, ocean optics and remote sensing and he has published over 200 papers and co-authored two textbooks: this one and Radiative Transfer in Coupled Environmental Systems (2015). He is a fellow of the Optical Society (OSA), a member of the International Society for Optical Engineering (SPIE) and a member of the Norwegian Academy of Technological Sciences.
Inhaltsangabe
1. Basic properties of radiation, atmospheres, and oceans 2. Basic state variables and the radiative transfer equation 3. Basic scattering processes 4. Absorption by solid, aqueous, and gaseous media 5. Principles of radiative transfer 6. Formulation of radiative transfer problems 7. Approximation solutions of prototype problems 8. The role of radiation in climate 9. Accurate numerical solutions of prototype problems 10. Shortwave radiative transfer in the atmosphere and ocean Appendix A. Nomenclature: glossary of symbols Appendix B. Physical constants Appendix C. Ocean optics nomenclature Appendix D. Reflectance and transmittance at an interface References Index Online appendices: Appendix E. A primer on absorption and scattering opacity Appendix F. Elementary concepts Appendix G. Derivation of the Planck radiation law Appendix H. The two-level atom Appendix I. Non-gray inhomogeneous media Appendix J. Reciprocity for the bidirectional reflectance Appendix K. Harmonic electromagnetic plane waves Appendix L. Representations of polarized light Appendix M. Spherical shell geometry Appendix N. The streaming term in spherical geometry Appendix O. Isolation of the Azimuth-dependence Appendix P. Scaling transformation for anisotropic scattering Appendix Q. Reciprocity, duality, and effects of surface reflection Appendix R. Probabilistic aspects of radiative transfer Appendix S. Details and derivations Appendix T. Inherent optical properties Appendix U. Model atmospheres.
1. Basic properties of radiation, atmospheres, and oceans 2. Basic state variables and the radiative transfer equation 3. Basic scattering processes 4. Absorption by solid, aqueous, and gaseous media 5. Principles of radiative transfer 6. Formulation of radiative transfer problems 7. Approximation solutions of prototype problems 8. The role of radiation in climate 9. Accurate numerical solutions of prototype problems 10. Shortwave radiative transfer in the atmosphere and ocean Appendix A. Nomenclature: glossary of symbols Appendix B. Physical constants Appendix C. Ocean optics nomenclature Appendix D. Reflectance and transmittance at an interface References Index Online appendices: Appendix E. A primer on absorption and scattering opacity Appendix F. Elementary concepts Appendix G. Derivation of the Planck radiation law Appendix H. The two-level atom Appendix I. Non-gray inhomogeneous media Appendix J. Reciprocity for the bidirectional reflectance Appendix K. Harmonic electromagnetic plane waves Appendix L. Representations of polarized light Appendix M. Spherical shell geometry Appendix N. The streaming term in spherical geometry Appendix O. Isolation of the Azimuth-dependence Appendix P. Scaling transformation for anisotropic scattering Appendix Q. Reciprocity, duality, and effects of surface reflection Appendix R. Probabilistic aspects of radiative transfer Appendix S. Details and derivations Appendix T. Inherent optical properties Appendix U. Model atmospheres.
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