Cloud Optics

• Main Author: Kokhanovsky, Alexander A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2006.
• Series: Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library, 34
• Subjects: Physics.; Atmospheric sciences.; Lasers.; Photonics.; Optics.; Optoelectronics.; Plasmons (Physics).; Geophysics.; Statistical physics.; Dynamical systems.; Geophysics and Environmental Physics.; Atmospheric Sciences.; Laser Technology, Photonics.; Optics, Optoelectronics, Plasmonics and Optical Devices.; Statistical Physics, Dynamical Systems and Complexity.

Clouds affect the climate of the Earth, and they are an important factor in the weather. Therefore, their radiative properties must be understood in great detail. This book summarizes current knowledge on cloud optical properties, for example their ability to absorb, transmit, and reflect light, whi...