Snow Optics

This book is the first book of its kind, focusing exclusively on the optical properties of snow. As a complex and turbid medium, snow is approached as a strongly light-scattering (in the visible spectrum) medium with large, nonspherical ice grains. The book discusses both experimental and theoretical results, as well as the remote sensing of snow using ground-based, airborne and satellite optical instrumentation. The book will be of particular importance for researchers studying snow characteristics (the size of grains, snow pollution and albedo) using various remote-sensing techniques.

List of contents

Preface.- Chapter 1.  Microphysics and geometry of snow surfaces.- Chapter 2.  Local optical properties of snow layers.- Chapter 3. Properties of solar light reflected from snow.- Chapter 4. Snow remote sensing.

Product details

• Authors: Alexander Kokhanovsky
• Publisher: Springer, Berlin
• Languages: English, German
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 13.04.2025
• EAN: 9783031859786
• ISBN: 978-3-0-3185978-6
• No. of pages: 160
• Illustrations: XII, 160 p. 49 illus., 43 illus. in color.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; Umwelt, Laser, Geographische Informationssysteme (GIS) und Fernerkundung, Angewandte Physik, Snow, Laserphysik, Physics and Astronomy, Geographical Information System, Environmental Sciences, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Environmental Physics, Snow Impurities, Snow Albedo, BRDF, Light Scattering, Snow Reflectance, Snow Grain Size, Snow Extent, Radiative Transfer, Broadband Albedo