02635nam a22004455i 4500 978-1-4020-4020-7 DE-He213 20260521092102.0 cr nn 008mamaa 100301s2006 ne | s |||| 0|eng d 9781402040207 99781402040207 10.1007/1-4020-4020-2 doi Kokhanovsky, Alexander A. author. Cloud Optics [electronic resource] / by Alexander A. Kokhanovsky. Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006. XII, 276p. online resource. text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier text file PDF rda Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 1383-8601 ; 34 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. GEOGRAPHY. METEOROLOGY. EARTH SCIENCES. METEOROLOGY/CLIMATOLOGY. OPTICS, OPTOELECTRONICS, PLASMONICS AND OPTICAL DEVICES. STATISTICAL PHYSICS, DYNAMICAL SYSTEMS AND COMPLEXITY. LASER TECHNOLOGY, PHOTONICS. SpringerLink (Online service) Springer eBooks Printed edition: 9781402039553 Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 1383-8601 ; 34 http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4020-2 Ver el texto completo en las instalaciones del CICY ZDB-2-EES ddc ER 36624 36624 0 0 ddc 0 0 LE CICY CICY EL 2025-10-06 0 2025-10-06 08:45:03 2025-10-06 ER