Snow optics / / Alexander Kokhanovsky

• Autore: Kokhanovsky Alexander A.
• Pubblicazione: Cham, Switzerland : , : Springer, , [2022]; ©2022
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (167 pages)
• Disciplina: 535
• Soggetto topico: Astronomy, Ancient
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Intro -- Preface -- Contents -- 1 Microphysics and Geometry of Snowpack -- 1.1 Ice Grains in Snow: Size, Density and Shape -- 1.2 The Snow Specific Surface Area -- 1.3 The Snow Water Equivalent -- 1.4 Layered Nature and Complex Geometry of Snow Fields -- 1.5 Snow Impurities: Soot, Dust, and Algae -- 1.6 Optical Constants of Ice -- References -- 2 Local Optical Properties of Snowpack -- 2.1 Geometrical Optics of Large Spherical Particles -- 2.1.1 Light Scattering -- 2.1.2 Light Absorption and Extinction -- 2.2 Local Optical Properties of Snowpack -- 2.2.1 Integral Light Scattering and Absorption Characteristics of Large Nonspherical Scatterers -- 2.2.2 Integral Light Scattering and Absorption Characteristics of Snowpack -- 2.2.3 Phase Function -- 2.2.4 Polarization Characteristics -- 2.2.5 Light Absorption by Polluted Snowpack -- References -- 3 Radiative Transfer in Snowpack -- 3.1 Radiative Transfer Characteristics -- 3.2 Radiative Transfer Equation -- 3.3 Light Field in Deep Layers of Semi-Infinite Weakly Absorbing Snowpack -- 3.4 Reflection of Light from a Semi-Infinite Snow Layer -- 3.4.1 Nonlinear Integral Equation for the Reflection Function -- 3.4.2 Reflection Function of Semi-Infinite Weakly Absorbing Snow Layers -- 3.4.3 Snow Albedo -- 3.4.4 Snow Broadband Albedo -- 3.5 Finite Optically Thick Snow Layers: Reflection and Transmission -- 3.5.1 Ambartsumian Approximation -- 3.5.2 Reflection and Transmission Functions of Nonabsorbing Snow Layers -- 3.5.3 Reflection and Transmission Functions of Weakly Absorbing Snow Layers -- 3.5.4 The Optically Thick Snow Layers with Arbitrary Level of Absorption -- 3.5.5 Account for Underlying Surface and Vertical Snow Inhomogeneity -- 3.6 The Polarization of Light Reflected from Snow -- References -- 4 Remote Sensing of Snow -- 4.1 Determination of Local Optical Parameters of Snow. ; 4.1.1 Semi-Infinite Snow Layers -- 4.1.2 Finite Snow Layers -- 4.2 Snow Grain Size Retrieval -- 4.3 Determination of Snow Specific Surface Area -- 4.4 Determination of Snow Impurity Content -- 4.4.1 General Equations -- 4.4.2 Soot -- 4.4.3 Dust -- 4.5 Spaceborne Remote Sensing of Snow -- 4.5.1 Spaceborne Instrumentation -- 4.5.2 Cloud Screening -- 4.5.3 Atmospheric Correction -- 4.5.4 Snow Albedo, Snow Grain Size and Snow Specific Area -- 4.5.5 Snow Fraction and Snow Extent -- References -- Appendix -- A.1 Complex Refractive Index of Ice -- A.2 The Polarization Characteristics of Singly Scattered Light -- A.3 The Simplified Radiative Transfer Model -- References.
• Titolo autorizzato: Snow optics
• ISBN: 3-030-86589-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910510550903321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II