Short description Meeting the need for teaching material suitable for students of atmospheric science and courses on atmospheric radiation, this textbook covers the fundamentals of emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation from ultraviolet to infrared and beyond.
From the 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
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