Inhaltsangabe1: Microphysics and Geometry of Clouds 1.1. Microphysical Characteristics of Clouds. 1.2. Geometrical Characteristics of Clouds. 2: Optics of a Single Particle 2.1. Vector Wave Equation. 2.2. Mie Theory. 2.3. Differential and Integral Light Scattering Characteristics. 2.4. Geometrical Optics. 3: Radiative Transfer 3.1. The Radiative Transfer Equation. 3.2. Reflection and Transmission Functions. 3.3. Polarization Characteristics. 3.4. Optically Thin Clouds. 3.5. Small-Angle Approximation 3.6. Optically Thick Clouds. 3.7. Clouds over Reflective Surfaces. 3.8. Vertically Inhomogeneous Clouds. 3.9. Horizontally Inhomogeneous Clouds. 4: Applications 4.1. Optical Phenomena in Clouds. 4.2. Cloud Remote Sensing. 4.3. Laser Beam Propagation Through a Cloud. 4.4. Image transfer Through Clouds and Fogs. 4.5. Clouds and Climate. Appendix A Appendix B References Index

1: Microphysics and Geometry of Clouds 1.1. Microphysical Characteristics of Clouds. 1.2. Geometrical Characteristics of Clouds. 2: Optics of a Single Particle 2.1. Vector Wave Equation. 2.2. Mie Theory. 2.3. Differential and Integral Light Scattering Characteristics. 2.4. Geometrical Optics. 3: Radiative Transfer 3.1. The Radiative Transfer Equation. 3.2. Reflection and Transmission Functions. 3.3. Polarization Characteristics. 3.4. Optically Thin Clouds. 3.5. Small-Angle Approximation 3.6. Optically Thick Clouds. 3.7. Clouds over Reflective Surfaces. 3.8. Vertically Inhomogeneous Clouds. 3.9. Horizontally Inhomogeneous Clouds. 4: Applications 4.1. Optical Phenomena in Clouds. 4.2. Cloud Remote Sensing. 4.3. Laser Beam Propagation Through a Cloud. 4.4. Image transfer Through Clouds and Fogs. 4.5. Clouds and Climate. Appendix A Appendix B References Index

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