Analytical Methods in Radiative Transfer

• Autore: Kokhanovsky Alexander
• Pubblicazione: Newark : , : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, , 2025; ©2025
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (183 pages)
• Disciplina: 523.0192
• Altri autori: NatrajVijay EfremenkoDmitry
• Nota di contenuto: Cover -- Half Title Page -- Title Page -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1: Introduction -- 1.1 Historical Background -- 1.2 What Is Radiative Transfer About and What Is It Good For? -- 1.3 Phenomenological Radiative Transfer -- 1.4 Microphysical Approach -- 1.5 Atmospheric Remote Sensing -- 1.6 Radiative Transfer Models in Atmospheric Remote Sensing -- 1.7 Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 1.8 Why Do We Need Analytical Models in Radiative Transfer? -- 1.9 Radiative Transfer and Climate Modeling -- 1.10 Remote Sensing of Trace Gases -- 1.11 Remote Sensing of Clouds -- 1.12 Remote Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosol -- Chapter 2: Radiative Transfer Equation -- 2.1 Introduction to Radiative Transfer Theory -- 2.2 Formulation of the RTE -- 2.3 RTE with Thermal Source -- 2.4 Optical Thickness and Single-scattering Albedo -- 2.5 Single-scattering Phase Function -- 2.6 Orders of Scattering -- 2.7 One-dimensional RTE -- 2.8 Formal Solution of the RTE -- 2.9 RTE for Azimuthal Harmonics of the Intensity -- 2.10 Radiance Moments -- 2.11 Light Reflection from Layered Media -- Chapter 3: Optically Thin Media and Media with Strongly Anisotropic Scattering -- 3.1 Single-scattering Approximation -- 3.2 Second-order Scattering Approximation -- 3.3 Small-angle Approximation -- Chapter 4: Semi-infinite Media -- 4.1 Milne Problem -- 4.2 Light in Deep Layers of Semi-infinite Turbid Media -- 4.3 Light Reflection from Semi-infinite Media -- 4.3.1 Invariant Imbedding -- 4.3.2 H-functions -- 4.3.3 Nonabsorbing Media -- 4.3.4 Weakly Absorbing Media -- Chapter 5: Optically Thick Media -- 5.1 Nonabsorbing Media -- 5.2 Weakly Absorbing Media -- 5.3 Optically Thick Turbid Media with an Arbitrary Level of Light Absorption -- 5.4 Asymptotic Equations -- Chapter 6: Turbid Media with Arbitrary Optical Thickness -- 6.1 Sobolev Approximation. ; 6.2 Two-stream Approximation -- 6.3 Four-stream Approximation -- 6.4 The Spherical Harmonics Method -- 6.5 Phase Function Truncation Methods -- Chapter 7: Radiative Transfer in Gaseous Absorption Bands -- 7.1 k-Distribution and Correlated-k Methods -- 7.2 Exponential Sum Fitting of Transmittances -- 7.3 Spectral Mapping -- 7.4 Optimal Spectral Sampling -- 7.5 Double-k, Linear-k, and Low-streams Interpolation Techniques -- 7.6 Computations in a Broad Spectral Range: 400-2500 nm -- 7.7 Concept of Dimensionality Reduction -- 7.8 Principal Component Analysis of Spectral Radiances -- 7.9 Principal Component Analysis for Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy -- 7.10 Principal Component Analysis of Optical Parameters -- 7.11 Neural Networks -- Appendix A: Legendre Polynomials -- Appendix B: Computations of Local Optical Parameters -- Bibliography -- Index -- EULA.
• Sommario/riassunto: Provides in-depth knowledge of the physics of radiative transfer In Analytical Methods in Radiative Transfer , a team of distinguished researchers delivers a comprehensive exploration of solutions to practical problems of modern atmospheric optics related to solar light interaction with the terrestrial atmosphere and the remote sensing of clouds.
• Titolo autorizzato: Analytical Methods in Radiative Transfer
• ISBN: 3-527-69894-9; 3-527-69895-7
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9911027075703321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: Wiley Series in Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing Series