Radiative transfer in coupled environmental systems : an introduction to forward and inverse modeling / / Knut Stamnes, Jakob J. Stamnes

• Autore: Stamnes Knut
• Pubblicazione: Weinheim, Germany : , : Wiley-VCH Verlag, , 2015; ©2015
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (412 p.)
• Disciplina: 551.082
• Soggetto topico: Geophysics
• Persona (resp. second.): StamnesJakob J.
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""Related Titles""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""1.1 Brief History""; ""1.2 What is Meant by a Coupled System?""; ""1.3 Scope""; ""1.4 Limitations of Scope""; ""Chapter 2: Inherent Optical Properties (IOPs)""; ""2.1 General Definitions""; ""2.2 Examples of Scattering Phase Functions""; ""2.3 Scattering Phase Matrix""; ""2.4 IOPs of a Polydispersion of Particles-Integration over the Size Distribution""; ""2.5 Scattering of an Electromagnetic Wave by Particles"" ; ""2.6 Absorption and Scattering by Spherical Particles-Mie-Lorenz Theory""""2.7 Atmosphere IOPs""; ""2.8 Snow and Ice IOPs""; ""2.9 Water IOPs""; ""2.10 Fresnel Reflectance and Transmittance at a Plane Interface Between Two Coupled Media""; ""2.11 Surface Roughness Treatment""; ""2.12 Land Surfaces""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 3: Basic Radiative Transfer Theory""; ""3.1 Derivation of the Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE)""; ""3.2 Radiative Transfer of Unpolarized Radiation in Coupled Systems""; ""3.3 Radiative Transfer of Polarized Radiation in Coupled Systems"" ; ""3.4 Methods of Solution of the RTE""""3.5 Calculation of Weighting Functions-Jacobians""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 4: Forward Radiative Transfer Modeling""; ""4.1 Quadrature Rule-The Double-Gauss Method""; ""4.2 Discrete Ordinate Equations-Compact Matrix Formulation""; ""4.3 Discrete-Ordinate Solutions""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 5: The Inverse Problem""; ""5.1 Probability and Rules for Consistent Reasoning""; ""5.2 Parameter Estimation""; ""5.3 Model Selection or Hypothesis Testing""; ""5.4 Assigning Probabilities""; ""5.5 Generic Formulation of the Inverse Problem"" ; ""5.6 Linear Inverse Problems""""5.7 Bayesian Approach to the Inverse Problem""; ""5.8 Ill Posedness or Ill Conditioning""; ""5.9 Nonlinear Inverse Problems""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 6: Applications""; ""6.1 Principal Component (PC) Analysis""; ""6.2 Simultaneous Retrieval of Total Ozone Column (TOC) Amount and Cloud Effects""; ""6.3 Coupled Atmosphere-Snow-Ice Systems""; ""6.4 Coupled Atmosphere-Water Systems""; ""6.5 Simultaneous Retrieval of Aerosol and Aquatic Parameters""; ""6.6 Polarized RT in a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean System""; ""6.7 What if MODIS Could Measure Polarization?"" ; ""Appendix A: Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves""""A.1 Absorption and Scattering by a Particle of Arbitrary Shape""; ""A.2 Absorption and Scattering by a Sphere-Mie Theory""; ""Appendix B: Spectral Sampling Strategies""; ""Transmission in an Isolated Spectral Line""; ""The Random Band Model""; ""B.1 The MODTRAN Band Model""; ""B.2 The k-Distribution Method""; ""B.3 Spectral Mapping Methods""; ""B.4 Principal Component (PC) Analysis""; ""B.5 Optimal Spectral Sampling""; ""Appendix C: Rough Surface Scattering and Transmission""; ""C.1 Scattering and Emission by Random Rough Surfaces"" ; ""Appendix D: Boundary Conditions""
• Titolo autorizzato: Radiative transfer in coupled environmental systems
• ISBN: 3-527-69662-8; 3-527-69660-1; 3-527-69659-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910131532703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley series in atmospheric physics and remote sensing.