The book aims to the description of recent progress in studies of light absorption and scattering in turbid media. In particular, light scattering/oceanic optics/snow optics research community will greatly benefit from the publication of this book.
Author(s): Alexander Kokhanovsky
Series: Springer Series in Light Scattering
Publisher: Springer
Year: 2021
Language: English
Pages: 164
City: Cham
Contents
Light-Absorbing Particles in Snow and Ice: A Brief Journey Across Latitudes
1 Introduction
2 A Journey Across Latitudes
2.1 Middle Latitudes
2.2 Tropical Areas
2.3 Polar Regions
3 Optical Properties of LAPs on Snow and Ice
3.1 Non-carbonaceous Particles
3.2 Carbonaceous Particles
3.3 Biogenic Particles
3.4 Cryoconite
4 Proximal and Remote Sensing of LAPs
4.1 Field Spectroscopy
4.2 Airborne Sensor Data
4.3 Satellite Data
5 Conclusion and Future Perspectives
References
Machine Learning Based Retrieval Algorithms: Application to Ocean Optics
1 Introduction
2 Physical Model
3 Machine Learning Model
4 Important Aspects of ML
4.1 Data
4.2 Quality of Fit
4.3 Multilayer Perceptron (MLP)
4.4 Hyperparameters
4.5 Activation Functions
4.6 Optimization Methods
5 ML Based Ocean Optics Retrieval Algorithms
5.1 Conclusion
References
Radiative Properties of Non-spherical Black Carbon Aerosols
1 Introduction
2 The Morphological Characteristics of BC
2.1 Bare BC
2.2 Coated BC
3 Modeling of the Radiative Properties of Non-spherical BC
3.1 Light Scattering Methods
3.2 Models
3.3 Radiative Properties of Non-spherical BC
4 The Optical Measurements Constrained by BC Morphologies
4.1 The Retrieval of BC Size Distribution
4.2 The Retrieval of BC Refractive Index
4.3 The Retrieval of BrC Absorption
5 Paramerization of Radiative Properties of BC with Non-spherical Morphologies
6 Coupling Non-spherical BC Radiative Model with the Chemical Transport Model
7 Summary and Future Remarks
References
Scattering of Shaped Beams by Large Particles: Theoretical Interpretation and Numerical Techniques
1 Introduction
2 Theoretical Framework of Variable Separation Method
3 Beam Shape Coefficients in Different Coordinate Systems
3.1 BSC in Spherical Coordinate System
3.2 BSC in Other Coordinate Systems
4 Scattering Coefficients
5 Calculation of Physical Quantities and Software ABSphere
6 Angular Spectrum Decomposition
6.1 Angular Spectrum Decomposition of a Shaped Beam
6.2 Homogeneous and Inhomogeneous Plane Waves
6.3 Shaped Beams with Simple Symmetry
References
Index
