An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation, Volume 84This Second Edition of An Introduction to Atmospheric Radiation has been extensively revised to address the fundamental study and quantitative measurement of the interactions of solar and terrestrial radiation with molecules, aerosols, and cloud particles in planetary atmospheres. It contains 70% new material, much of it stemming from the investigation of the atmospheric greenhouse effects of external radiative perturbations in climate systems, and the development of methodologies for inferring atmospheric and surface parameters by means of remote sensing. Liou's comprehensive treatment of the fundamentals of atmospheric radiation was developed for students, academics, and researchers in atmospheric sciences, remote sensing, and climate modeling. Features
About the Author Dr. K. N. Liou is Professor of Atmospheric Sciences at the University of California, Los Angeles. He is a member of the National Academy of Engineering and Fellow of AAAS, AGU, AMS, and the Optical Society of America. Professor Liou received the Jule G. Charney Award from AMS in 1998 "for his pioneering work in the theory and application of radiative transfer and its interaction with clouds." |
Contents
Chapter 1 Fundamentals of Radiation for Atmospheric Applications | 1 |
Chapter 2 Solar Radiation at the Top of the Atmosphere | 37 |
Chapter 3 Absorption and Scattering of Solar Radiation in the Atmosphere | 65 |
Chapter 4 Thermal Infrared Radiation Transfer in the Atmosphere | 116 |
Chapter 5 Light Scattering by Atmospheric Particulates | 169 |
Chapter 6 Principles of Radiative Transfer in Planetary Atmospheres | 257 |
Chapter 7 Application of Radiative Transfer Principles to Remote Sensing | 348 |
Chapter 8 Radiation and Climate | 442 |
Appendix C Spherical Geometry | 527 |
Appendix D Complex Index of Refraction Dispersion of Light and LorentzLorenz Formula | 529 |
Appendix E Properties of the Legendre Polynomials and Addition Theorem | 533 |
Appendix F Some Useful Constants | 536 |
Appendix G Standard Atmospheric Profiles | 537 |
Appendix H Answers to Selected Exercises | 538 |
References | 543 |
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Appendix A Derivation of the Planck Function | 523 |
Appendix B The Schrödinger Wave Equation | 525 |
Previous Volumes in International Geophysics Series | 579 |