Springer Series in Light Scattering: Volume 4: Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer [Hardcover]

This book describes recent advances in radiative transfer, atmospheric remote sensing, polarization optics of random media, and light scattering. It is a valuable resource for anyone involved in light scattering research. Providing numerous step-by-step tutorials, it allows readers to quickly learn about various aspects of theoretical and experimental light scattering media optics. The book features among others a chapter on aerosol remote sensing that helps readers to define and solve various aerosol remote sensing problems.UNL-VRTM, a testbed for aerosol remote sensing: model developments and applications.- Scattering of radiation and simple approaches to radiative transfer in thermal engineering and biomedical applications.- Bio-optical properties of terrestrial snow and ice.- Accurate determination of the size and mass of polymers, nanoparticles, and fine bubbles in water.- Radiative properties of atmospheric black carbon (soot) particles with complex structures.- Multiple scattering of polarized light in slab or plane media: Mueller matrix representation and polarization parameters in two dimensions.- Speckle correlation based single-shot wide-field imaging.Alexander Kokhanovsky graduated in 1983 in Theoretical Physics (The Department of Physics, Belarusian State University, Minsk, Belarus): the main topics of his thesis was the solution of the vector radiative transfer equation for the case of chiral light scattering media. Particular attention was given to the study of the properties of radiation in deep layers of a turbid medium under study. The phase and extinction matrices have been calculated using the Maxwell theory for chiral spheres. 

In 1983, Dr. Kokhanovsky joined the Laboratory of Light Scattering Media of the Institute of Physics of National Academy of Sciences of Belarus as a Junior Research Scientist. In 1986, he started a Ph.D. course in Optics at the Institute of Physics (l#