3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres

Developments in three-dimensional cloud radiation over the past few decades are assessed and distilled into this contributed volume. Chapters are authored by subject-matter experts who address a broad audience of graduate students, researchers, and anyone interested in cloud- radiation processes in...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor Corporativo: SpringerLink (Online service)
Otros Autores: Marshak, Alexander (Editor ), Davis, Anthony (Editor )
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2005.
Edición:1st ed. 2005.
Colección:Physics of Earth and Space Environments,
Temas:
Geophysics.
Solar system.
Atmospheric science.
Space Physics.
Atmospheric Science.
Acceso en línea:Texto Completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preliminaries
  • Scales, Tools and Reminiscences
  • Observing Clouds and Their Optical Properties
  • Fundamentals
  • A Primer in 3D Radiative Transfer
  • Numerical Methods
  • Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer Part 1: Resolved Variability and Phenomenology
  • Climate
  • Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer Part 2: Unresolved Variability and Climate Applications
  • 3D Radiative Transfer in Stochastic Media
  • Effective Cloud Properties for Large-Scale Models
  • Broadband Irradiances and Heating Rates for Cloudy Atmospheres
  • Longwave Radiative Transfer in Inhomogeneous Cloud Layers
  • Remote Sensing
  • 3D Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties
  • Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing
  • Photon Paths and Cloud Heterogeneity: An Observational Strategy to Assess Effects of 3D Geometry on Radiative Transfer
  • 3D Radiative Transfer in Vegetation Canopies and Cloud-Vegetation Interaction.

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