Multiple Scattering of Light by Particles: Radiative Transfer and Coherent Backscattering

ISBN-13: 9780521158015 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 510 str.

Michael I. Mishchenko; Larry D. Travis; Andrew A. Lacis

Opis

This monograph on multiple scattering of light by small particles is an ideal resource for science professionals, engineers, and graduate students.

Recenzje

' … a welcome addition. It is significant for its presentation of the basic principles and its exposition of recent developments … carefully written with detailed references … anyone interested in scattering will profit from reading this outstanding book.' Optics and Photonics News

Spis treści

1. Introduction; 2. Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and Stokes parameters; 3. Basic theory of electromagnetic scattering; 4. Scattering by a fixed multi-particle group; 5. Statistical averaging; 6. Scattering by a single random particle; 7. Single scattering by a small random particle group; 8. Radiative transfer equation; 9. Calculations and measurements of single-particle characteristics; 10. Radiative transfer in plane-parallel scattering media; 11. Macroscopically isotropic and mirror-symmetric scattering media; 12. Radiative transfer in plane-parallel, microscopically isotropic and mirror-symmetric scattering media; 13. Illustrative applications of radiative transfer theory; 14. Coherent backscattering.