Radiative transfer in the atmosphere and ocean / Ed. Gary E. Thomas, Knut Stamnes and Jakob J. Stamnes

Published:: Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, 2017.
Physical Description:: 1 online resource (532 pages)
Additional Creators:: Stamnes, Knut, Thomas, Gary E., and Stamnes, Jakob J.

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Cover; Half-title; Title page; Copyright information; Table of contents; List of Illustrations; List of Tables; 1 Basic Properties of Radiation, Atmospheres, and Oceans; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Parts of the Spectrum; 1.2.1 Extraterrestrial Solar Irradiance; 1.2.2 Terrestrial Infrared Irradiance; 1.3 Radiative Interaction with Planetary Media; 1.3.1 Feedback Processes; 1.3.2 Types of Matter Which Affect Radiation; 1.4 Vertical Structure of Planetary Atmospheres; 1.4.1 Hydrostatic Equilibrium and Ideal Gas Laws; 1.4.2 Minor Species in the Atmosphere; 1.4.3 Optical Line-of-Sight Columns., 1.4.4 Radiative Equilibrium and the Thermal Structure of Atmospheres1.4.5 Climate Change: Radiative Forcing and Feedbacks; 1.5 Density Structure of the Ocean; 1.6 Vertical Structure of the Ocean; 1.6.1 The Mixed Layer and the Deep Ocean; 1.6.2 Seasonal Variations of Ocean Properties; 1.6.3 Sea-Surface Temperature; 1.6.4 Ocean Spectral Reflectance and Opacity; 1.7 Remarks on Nomenclature, Notation, and Units; 1.8 Summary; Exercises; 2 Basic State Variables and the Radiative Transfer Equation; 2.1 Introduction; 2.2 Geometrical Optics; 2.3 Radiative Flux or Irradiance., 2.4 Spectral Radiance and Its Angular Moments2.4.1 Relationship between Irradiance and Radiance; 2.4.2 Average (Mean) Radiance and Energy Density; 2.5 Some Theorems on Radiance; 2.5.1 Radiance and Irradiance from an Extended Source; 2.6 Perception of Brightness: Analogy with Radiance; 2.7 The Extinction Law; 2.7.1 Extinction = Scattering Plus Absorption; 2.8 The Differential Equation of Radiative Transfer; 2.9 Summary; Exercises; 3 Basic Scattering Processes; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Lorentz Theory for Radiation-Matter Interactions; 3.2.1 Scattering and Collective Effects in a Uniform Medium., 3.2.2 Scattering from Density Irregularities3.2.3 Scattering in Random Media; 3.2.4 First-Order and Multiple Scattering; 3.3 Scattering from a Damped Simple Harmonic Oscillator; 3.3.1 Case (1): Resonance Scattering and the Lorentz Profile; 3.3.2 Conservative and Nonconservative Scattering; 3.3.3 Natural Broadening; 3.3.4 Pressure Broadening; 3.3.5 Doppler Broadening; 3.3.6 Realistic Line-Broadening Processes; 3.3.7 Case (2): Rayleigh Scattering; 3.4 The Scattering Phase Function; 3.4.1 Rayleigh Scattering Phase Function; 3.5 Mie-Debye Scattering ; 3.6 Summary; Exercises., and 4 Absorption by Solid, Aqueous, and Gaseous Media4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Absorption on Surfaces, Aerosols, and within Aqueous Media; 4.2.1 Condensed Matter; 4.2.2 Aerosols; 4.2.3 Liquids; 4.3 Molecular Absorption in Gases; 4.3.1 Thermal Emission and Radiation Laws; 4.3.2 Planck's Spectral Distribution Law; 4.3.3 Radiative Excitation Processes in Molecules; 4.3.4 Inelastic Collisional Processes; 4.3.5 Maintenance of Thermal Equilibrium Distributions; 4.4 The Two-Level Atom; 4.4.1 Microscopic Radiative Transfer Equation; 4.4.2 Effects of Collisions on State Populations.

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9781316148549
1316148548

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4.5 Absorption in Molecular Lines and Bands.

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Includes bibliographical references and index.

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Purchased with funds from the Paterno Libraries Endowment; 2017

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Paterno Libraries Endowment

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