{"product_id":"radiative-transfer-in-the-atmosphere-and-ocean-9781107094734","title":"Radiative Transfer in the Atmosphere and Ocean","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThis new and completely updated edition offers valuable, practical approaches to radiative transfer for students and researchers. It provides a basic understanding of the role of radiation in climate and climate change and teaches how to use radiative transfer tools to analyze data from ground-based, airborne and satellite sensors.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e1. Basic properties of radiation, atmospheres, and oceans; 2. Basic state variables and the radiative transfer equation; 3. Basic scattering processes; 4. Absorption by solid, aqueous, and gaseous media; 5. Principles of radiative transfer; 6. Formulation of radiative transfer problems; 7. Approximation solutions of prototype problems; 8. The role of radiation in climate; 9. Accurate numerical solutions of prototype problems; 10. Shortwave radiative transfer in the atmosphere and ocean; Appendix A. Nomenclature: glossary of symbols; Appendix B. Physical constants; Appendix C. Ocean optics nomenclature; Appendix D. Reflectance and transmittance at an interface; References; Index; Online appendices: Appendix E. A primer on absorption and scattering opacity; Appendix F. Elementary concepts; Appendix G. Derivation of the Planck radiation law; Appendix H. The two-level atom; Appendix I. Non-gray inhomogeneous media; Appendix J. Reciprocity for the bidirectional reflectance; Appendix K. Harmonic electromagnetic plane waves; Appendix L. Representations of polarized light; Appendix M. Spherical shell geometry; Appendix N. The streaming term in spherical geometry; Appendix O. Isolation of the Azimuth-dependence; Appendix P. Scaling transformation for anisotropic scattering; Appendix Q. Reciprocity, duality, and effects of surface reflection; Appendix R. Probabilistic aspects of radiative transfer; Appendix S. Details and derivations; Appendix T. Inherent optical properties; Appendix U. Model atmospheres.","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53186706374999,"sku":"9781107094734","price":89.29,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/bookcurl.com\/products\/radiative-transfer-in-the-atmosphere-and-ocean-9781107094734","provider":"Book Curl","version":"1.0","type":"link"}