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Light Scattering Reviews 5

Single Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer

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Editors:
  1. Alexander A. Kokhanovsky

    1. FB 1 Physik und Elektrotechnik, Inst. Automatisierungstechnik, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

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  • Summarizes recent developments in the fields of light scattering media optics and radiative transfer
  • Provides an up to date review of modern single and multiple light scattering theory
  • Focuses on radiative transfer and optics of highly reflective objects, such as snow and ice
  • Uniquely covers numerical techniques in single and multiple light scattering
  • Considers both theoretical and experimental results
  • Presents the physical grounds of the opposition effects
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Part of the book series: Springer Praxis Books (PRAXIS)

Part of the book sub series: Environmental Sciences (ENVIRONSCI)

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Table of contents (11 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVII
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  3. Modern Methods in Radiative Transfer

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 79-79
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    2. Using a 3-D radiative transfer Monte–Carlo model to assess radiative effects on polarized reflectances above cloud scenes

      • C. Cornet, L. C-Labonnote, F. Szczap
      Pages 81-104
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    3. Linearization of radiative transfer in spherical geometry: an application of the forward-adjoint perturbation theory

      • Holger H. Walter, Jochen Landgraf
      Pages 105-145
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    4. Convergence acceleration of radiative transfer equation solution at strongly anisotropic scattering

      • Vladimir P. Budak, Dmitriy A. Klyuykov, Sergey V. Korkin
      Pages 147-203
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    5. Code SHARM: fast and accurate radiative transfer over spatially variable anisotropic surfaces

      • Alexei Lyapustin, Tolegen Muldashev, Yujie Wang
      Pages 205-247
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    6. General invariance relations reduction method and its applications to solutions of radiative transfer problems for turbid media of various configurations

      • Nikolai N. Rogovtsov
      Pages 249-327
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  4. Optical Properties of Bright Surfaces and Regoliths

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 329-329
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    2. Theoretical and observational techniques for estimating light scattering in first-year Arctic sea ice

      • Bonnie Light
      Pages 331-391
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    3. Reflectance of various snow types: measurements, modeling, and potential for snow melt monitoring

      • Jouni I. Peltoniemi, Juha Suomalainen, Teemu Hakala, Jyri Näränen, Eetu Puttonen, Sanna Kaasalainen et al.
      Pages 393-449
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    4. Simulation and modeling of light scattering in paper and print applications

      • Per Edström
      Pages 451-475
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    5. Coherent backscattering in planetary regoliths

      • Karri Muinonen, Jani Tyynelä, Evgenij Zubko, Gorden Videen
      Pages 477-518
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  5. Back Matter

    Pages 519-549
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Light scattering by densely packed inhomogeneous media is a particularly ch- lenging optics problem. In most cases, only approximate methods are used for the calculations. However, in the case where only a small number of macroscopic sc- tering particles are in contact (clusters or aggregates) it is possible to obtain exact results solving Maxwell’s equations. Simulations are possible, however, only for a relativelysmallnumberofparticles,especiallyiftheirsizesarelargerthanthewa- length of incident light. The ?rst review chapter in PartI of this volume, prepared by Yasuhiko Okada, presents modern numerical techniques used for the simulation of optical characteristics of densely packed groups of spherical particles. In this case, Mie theory cannot provide accurate results because particles are located in the near ?eld of each other and strongly interact. As a matter of fact, Maxwell’s equations must be solved not for each particle separately but for the ensemble as a whole in this case. The author describes techniques for the generation of shapes of aggregates. The orientation averaging is performed by a numerical integration with respect to Euler angles. The numerical aspects of various techniques such as the T-matrix method, discrete dipole approximation, the ?nite di?erence time domain method, e?ective medium theory, and generalized multi-particle Mie so- tion are presented. Recent advances in numerical techniques such as the grouping and adding method and also numerical orientation averaging using a Monte Carlo method are discussed in great depth.

Editors and Affiliations

  • FB 1 Physik und Elektrotechnik, Inst. Automatisierungstechnik, Universität Bremen, Bremen, Germany

    Alexander A. Kokhanovsky

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