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Cloud Optics


Cloud Optics


Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, Band 34

von: Alexander A. Kokhanovsky

149,79 €

Verlag: Springer
Format: PDF
Veröffentl.: 25.02.2006
ISBN/EAN: 9781402040207
Sprache: englisch
Anzahl Seiten: 276

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Beschreibungen

<P>Clouds affect the climate of the Earth, and they are an important factor in the weather. Therefore, their radiative properties must be understood in great detail. This book summarizes current knowledge on cloud optical properties, for example their ability to absorb, transmit, and reflect light, which depends on the clouds’ geometrical and microphysical characteristics such as sizes of droplets and crystals, their shapes, and structures. In addition, problems related to the image transfer through clouds and cloud remote sensing are addressed in this book in great detail.</P>
<P>This book can be an important source of information on theoretical cloud optics for cloud physicists, meteorologists and optical engineers. </P>
<P>All basic ideas of optics as related to scattering of light in clouds (e.g. Mie theory and radiative transfer) are considered in a self consistent way. Consequently, the book can also be a useful textbook to newcomers to the field.</P>
Microphysics and Geometry of Clouds.- Optics of a Single Particle.- Radiative Transfer.- Applications.
<P>Education:</P>
<P>PhD: Optics, B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus, Minsk,</P>
<P>Belarus, 1991.</P>
<P>Title of PhD thesis: " The dependence of light scattering characteristics of aerosols and foams on their microstructure.”</P>
<P>Master of Science: Theoretical Physics, Belarussian State University, Minsk, Belarus, 1983.</P>
<P>Title of thesis: "The asymptotic light regime in deep layers of optically active light scattering media.”</P>
<P>Main research areas:</P>
<P>Radiative transfer, multiple and single light scattering, optics of aerosols and hydrosols, foams, snow and clouds, inverse problems, remote sensing of atmosphere and ocean.</P>
<P>Present position:</P>
<P>Senior Researcher</P>
<P>Laboratory of Light Scattering Media Optics</P>
<P>B. I. Stepanov Institute of Physics, National Academy of Sciences of Belarus</P>
<P>Skarina Avenue 72, Minsk 220072, Belarus</P>
<P>November 1983- Present</P>
<P>and</P>
<P>Institute of Environmental Physics and Remote Sensing, Bremen University, Bremen, Germany</P>
<P>March 2001 - Present</P>
The first monograph exclusively devoted to optical properties of clouds Basic laws of physics as applied to cloud optics are explained in great detail The book contains many practical applications, such as remote sensing of clouds from the ground, aircraft and satellite

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