Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation - An Introduction with 400 Problems

Ein etabliertes Lehrbuch für Studenten der Atmosphärenwissenschaft und alle, die Vorlesungen über atmosphärische Strahlung belegen! Besprochen werden Grundlagen der Emission, Absorption und Streuung elektromagnetischer Strahlung vom UV- bis zum IR-Bereich und darüber hinaus.

List of contents

1. Emission: The Birth of Photons
2. Absorption: The Death of Photons
3. Scattering: The Life of Photons
4. Radiometry and Photometry: What You Get and What You See
5. Multiple Scattering: Elementary
6. Multiple Scattering: Advanced
7. Polarization: The Hidden Variable
8. Meteorological Optics: The Reward
 
Free solutions manual available for lecturers at www.wiley-vch.de/supplements/

About the author

Craig F. Bohren is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University.
In 1988 he was elected a Fellow of the Optical Society of America. He is author of several books, his most recent book being 'Atmospheric Thermodynamics' (with Bruce A. Albrecht). Professor Bohren is the first recipient of the American Meteorological Society's Louis J. Battan Award for Authors.
 
Eugene E. Clothiaux is an Associate Professor of Meteorology at the Pennsylvania State University.
He remained at the Pennsylvania State University as a Research Associate from 1994-1999 before becoming an Assistant Professor in 1999. Prof. Clothiaux has written several contributions on millimeter-wave cloud radar and atmospheric radiation.

Summary

Ein etabliertes Lehrbuch für Studenten der Atmosphärenwissenschaft und alle, die Vorlesungen über atmosphärische Strahlung belegen! Besprochen werden Grundlagen der Emission, Absorption und Streuung elektromagnetischer Strahlung vom UV- bis zum IR-Bereich und darüber hinaus.

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Product details

• Authors: Craig Bohren, Craig F Bohren, Craig F. Bohren, Graig F. Bohren, Eugene Clothiaux, Eugene E Clothiaux, Eugene E. Clothiaux
• Publisher: Wiley-VCH
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 01.01.2006
• EAN: 9783527405039
• ISBN: 978-3-527-40503-9
• No. of pages: 472
• Dimensions: 172 mm x 240 mm x 25 mm
• Weight: 944 g
• Illustrations: 184 SW-Abb.
• Series: Physics Textbook; Physics Textbook
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > Atomic physics, nuclear physics; Physik, Atmosphäre, Meteorologie, Geowissenschaften, Physics, Earth Sciences, Atmospheric Sciences, Klimatologie u. Meteorologie, Atom- u. Molekülphysik, Atomic and Molecular Physics, Optik u. Photonik, Optics & Photonics, Strahlung (Meteor.)