Research Catalog

Title

An introduction to atmospheric radiation / Kuo-Nan Liou.

Author

Liou, Kuo-Nan.

Publication

New York : Academic Press, 1980.

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Details

Description

xii, 392 pages : illustrations; 24 cm

Series Statement

International geophysics series ; v. 26

Uniform Title

International geophysics series ; v. 26.

Subject

• Atmospheric radiation
• Atmospheric radiation
• Atmosphäre
• Strahlung
• Atmosfeer
• Elektromagnetische straling
• Rayonnement atmosphérique

Note

• Includes indexes.

Bibliography (note)

• Bibliography: p. 378-383.

Contents

• SOLAR RADIATION AT THE TOP OF THE ATMOSPHERE: The sun as an energy source -- The Earth's orbit about the sun -- The solar spectrum and solar constant -- Determinations of the solar constant -- Distribution of insolation outside the atmosphere -- ABSORPTION AND SCATTERING OF SOLAR RADIATION IN THE ATMOSPHERE: Composition and structure of the earth's atmosphere -- Absorption in the ultraviolet -- Photochemical processes and the formation of ozone layers -- Absorption in the visible and infrared -- Computation of solar heating rates -- Representation of polarized light and stokes parameters -- Rayleigh scattering -- INFRARED RADIATION TRANSFER IN THE ATMOSPHERE: The thermal infrared spectrum and atmospheric effect -- General characteristics of infrared absorption spectra of atmospheric gases -- Theory of infrared transfer in plane-parallel atmospheres -- Concept of transmission function (transmittance) -- Band models for transmission functions (transmittances) -- Curtis-godson approximation for inhomogeneous atmospheres -- Computation of infrared cooling rates -- Infrared flux in terms of stefan-boltzmann law and radiation chart -- Carbon dioxide and climate -- LIGHT SCATTERING BY PARTICULATES IN THE ATMOSPHERE: Maxwell equations -- The electromagnetic wave equation and its solution -- Formal scattering solution -- The far field solution and extinction parameters -- The scattering phase matrix -- Ray optics -- Light scattering by nonspherical ice crystals --
• PRINCIPLE OF MULTIPLE SCATTERING IN PLANE-PARALLEL ATMOSPHERES: Formulation of the scattering of sunlight in plane-parallel atmospheres -- Approximations for radiative transfer -- Discrete-ordinates method for radiative transfer -- Principles of invariance -- The inclusion of surface reflection -- Adding method for multiple scattering -- Multiple scattering including polarization -- Equations for multiple scattering by oriented nonspherical particles -- Equations for multiple scattering in three-dimensional space -- APPLICATIONS OF RADIATIVE TRANSFER TO REMOTE SENSING OF THE ATMOSPHERE: Scattered sunlight as means of remote sensin -- Infrared sensing from satellites -- Microwave sensing from satellites -- Lidar (or radar) backscattering -- RADIATION CLIMATOLOGY: General survey of radiation budget studies of the earth-atmosphere Broad-band radiation observations from satellites -- Radiation budget studies from satellite observations -- Theoretical radiation budget studies -- Simple radiation and climate models.

ISBN

• 0124514502
• 9780124514508

LCCN

80000769

OCLC

• ocm06555671
• 6555671
• SCSB-612461

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library