Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean - Gary E. Thomas, Knut Stamnes

Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean

Buch | Hardcover
546 Seiten
1999
Cambridge University Press (Verlag)
978-0-521-40124-1 (ISBN)
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Radiative transfer is important to a range of disciplines from the study of the greenhouse warming, to stellar atmospheres, and ocean optics. This text will provide a foundation of the theoretical and practical aspects of radiative transfer, for advanced students of atmospheric, oceanic and environmental sciences.
This text provides a foundation in both the theoretical and practical aspects of radiative transfer, for advanced students of atmospheric, oceanic and environmental sciences. The transfer of solar and infrared radiation through optically-thick clouds, aerosol layer, and the oceanic mixed layer is presented through the use of heuristic models of scattering and absorption, and a systematic approach to formulation and solution of the radiative transfer equation. Problems such as the transmission of ultraviolet radiation through the atmosphere and ocean, remote sensing, solar heating and infrared cooling processes, UV biological dose rates, and greenhouse warming are solved using a variety of methods. This self-contained, systematic treatment will prepare students from a range of disciplines in problems concerning the effects of solar and infrared radiation on natural systems. The hardback edition received excellent reviews.

Preface; 1. Basic properties of radiation, atmospheres and oceans; 2. Basic state variables; 3. Interaction of radiation with matter; 4. Formulation of radiative transfer problems; 5. Approximate solutions of prototype problems; 6. Accurate numerical solutions of prototype problems; 7. Emission-dominated radiative processes; 8. Radiative transfer in spectrally-complex media; 9. Solar radiation driving photochemistry and photobiology; 10. The role of radiation in climate; Appendix 1. A primer on radiative transfer: absorption and scattering opacity; Appendix 2. Stokes parameters, Poincare sphere, and the Mueller matrix; Appendix 3. Nomenclature: glossary of symbols; Appendix 4. Principle of reciprocity for the bidirectional reflectance; Appendix 5. Isolation of the azimuth-dependence; Appendix 6. The streaming term in spherical geometry; Appendix 7. Reflectance and transmittance of the invariant intensity (I;n2); Appendix 8. Scaling transformation for anisotropic scattering; Appendix 9. Reciprocity, duality and effects of surface reflection; Appendix 10. Removal of overflow problems in the intensity formulas.

Erscheint lt. Verlag 13.8.1999
Reihe/Serie Cambridge Atmospheric and Space Science Series
Zusatzinfo 1 Tables, unspecified; 6 Halftones, unspecified; 169 Line drawings, unspecified
Verlagsort Cambridge
Sprache englisch
Maße 187 x 263 mm
Gewicht 1105 g
Themenwelt Naturwissenschaften Geowissenschaften Meteorologie / Klimatologie
Naturwissenschaften Physik / Astronomie Angewandte Physik
ISBN-10 0-521-40124-0 / 0521401240
ISBN-13 978-0-521-40124-1 / 9780521401241
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