Optics of the atmosphere: Scattering by molecules and particles
Abstract
An overview of atmospheric scattering is provided, taking into account the role of scattering, the elements of radiometry and photometry, the principal characteristics of scattering, scattering in the atmosphere, visibility along an atmospheric path, and literature of atmospheric optics. The structure and composition of the gas atmosphere are examined, giving attention to factors from kinetic theory, the atmospheric envelope, models of the atmosphere, measures of the overhead atmosphere, and quantitative treatments of optical paths. Particles in the atmosphere are considered along with Rayleigh scattering by molecules, Mie scattering by monodispersions, and Mie scattering by atmospheric polydispersions.
- Publication:
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New York
- Pub Date:
- 1976
- Bibcode:
- 1976nyjw.book.....M
- Keywords:
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- Atmospheric Optics;
- Light Scattering;
- Mie Scattering;
- Rayleigh Scattering;
- Aerosols;
- Atmospheric Attenuation;
- Atmospheric Composition;
- Atmospheric Models;
- Fog;
- Haze;
- Luminous Intensity;
- Particle Size Distribution;
- Scattering Cross Sections;
- Vertical Distribution;
- Geophysics