An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation

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Author(s): Kuo-Nan Liou (Eds.)
Series: International Geophysics 26
Publisher: Elsevier, Academic Press
Year: 1980

Language: English
Pages: ii-xii, 1-392
Tags: Науки о Земле;Метеорология и климатология;Физико-химические процессы в атмосфере. Методы измерений;

Content:
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Page ii

Copyright page
Page iii

Preface
Pages ix-xii

Chapter 1 FUNDAMENTALS OF RADIATION
Pages 1-27

Chapter 2 SOLAR RADIATION AT THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE
Pages 28-49

Chapter 3 ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING OF SOLAR RADIATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Pages 50-86

Chapter 4 INFRARED RADIATION TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Pages 87-121

Chapter 5 LIGHT SCATTERING BY PARTICULATES IN THE ATMOSPHERE
Pages 122-175

Chapter 6 PRINCIPLE OF MULTIPLE SCATTERING IN PLANE-PARALLEL ATMOSPHERES
Pages 176-233

Chapter 7 APPLICATIONS OF RADIATIVE TRANSFER TO REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE
Pages 234-292

Chapter 8 RADIATION CLIMATOLOGY
Pages 293-348

Appendix A PRINCIPAL SYMBOLS
Pages 349-353

Appendix B SOME USEFUL CONSTANTS
Pages 354-355

Appendix C DERIVATION OF THE PLANCK FUNCTION
Pages 356-357

Appendix D COMPLEX INDEX OF REFRACTION, DISPERSION OF LIGHT, AND LORENTZ-LORENZ FORMULA
Pages 358-362

Appendix E PROPERTIES OF THE LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS
Pages 363-364

Appendix F THE SCATTERING GEOMETRY
Pages 365-366

Appendix G ADDITION THEOREM FOR THE LEGENDRE POLYNOMIALS
Pages 367-369

Appendix H UNITED STATES METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITE PROGRAMSa
Pages 370-373

Appendix I ANSWERS TO SELECTED EXERCISES
Pages 374-377

Bibliography
Pages 378-383

Index
Pages 384-392