| Main Title |
Cloud Optics [electronic resource] / |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| Author |
Kokhanovsky, Alexander A.
|
| Publisher |
Springer Netherlands, |
| Year Published |
2006 |
| ISBN |
9781402040207 |
| Subjects |
Geography ;
Meteorology
|
| Internet Access |
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| Collation |
XII, 276p. online resource. |
| Notes |
Due to license restrictions, this resource is available to EPA employees and authorized contractors only |
| Contents Notes |
Microphysics and Geometry of Clouds -- Optics of a Single Particle -- Radiative Transfer -- Applications. 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. This book can be an important source of information on theoretical cloud optics for cloud physicists, meteorologists and optical engineers. 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. |
| Place Published |
Dordrecht |
| Corporate Au Added Ent |
SpringerLink (Online service) |
| Title Ser Add Ent |
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 34 |
| Host Item Entry |
Springer eBooks |
| PUB Date Free Form |
2006 |
| Series Title Untraced |
Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 34 |
| BIB Level |
m |
| Medium |
computer |
| Content |
text |
| Carrier |
online resource |
| Cataloging Source |
OCLC/T |
| OCLC Time Stamp |
20131217141844 |
| Language |
eng |
| Origin |
SPRINGER |
| Type |
EBOOK |
| OCLC Rec Leader |
02519nam a22004095i 45 |
