Light scattering by nonspherical particles : theory, measurements, and applications /

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Imprint:San Diego : Academic Press, c2000.
Description:xxx, 690 p., [9] p. of plates : ill. (some col.) ; 24 cm.
Language:English
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Format: Print Book
URL for this record:http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/4049964
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Other authors / contributors:Mishchenko, Michael I.
Hovenier, Joop W.
Travis, Larry D.
ISBN:0124986609
Notes:Includes bibliographical references (p. 603-673) and index.
Table of Contents:
  • Preface
  • Hints from History: A Foreword
  • Introduction
  • Concepts, Terms, Notation
  • Overview of Scattering by Nonspherical Particles
  • Basic Relationships for Matrices Describing Scattering by Small Particles
  • Theoretical and Numerical Techniques
  • Separation of Variables for Electromagnetic Scattering by Spheroidal Particles
  • The Discrete Dipole Approximation for Light Scattering by Irregular Targets
  • T-Matrix Method and its Applications
  • Finite-Difference Time Domain Method for Light Scattering by Nonspherical and Inhomogeneous Particles
  • Compounded Scattering by Compounded Spherical Particles
  • Electromagnetic Scattering by Compounded Spherical Particles
  • Effective Medium Approximations for Heterogeneous Particles
  • Monte Carlo Calculations of Light Scattering by Large Particles with Multiple Internal Inclusions
  • Light Scattering by Stochastically Shaped Particles. Laboratory Measurements
  • Measuring Scattering Matrices of Small Particles at Optical Wavelengths
  • Microwave Analog to Light Scattering Measurements
  • Applications
  • Lidar Backscatter Depolarization Technique for Cloud and Aerosol Research
  • Light Scattering and Radiative Transfer in Ice Crystal Clouds: Applications to Climate Research
  • Centimeter and Millimeter Wave Scattering from Nonspherical Hydrometeors
  • Microwave Scattering by Precipitation
  • Polarized Light Scattering in the Marine Environment
  • Scattering Properties of Interplanetary Dust Particles
  • Biomedical and Biophysical Applications of Nonspherical Scattering