Book contents
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Electromagnetic wave propagation
- 3 The absorption of light
- 4 Specular reflection
- 5 Single-particle scattering: perfect spheres
- 6 Single-particle scattering: irregular particles
- 7 Propagation in a nonuniform medium: the equation of radiative transfer
- 8 The bidirectional reflectance of a semi-infinite medium
- 9 The opposition effect
- 10 A miscellany of bidirectional reflectances and related quantities
- 11 Integrated reflectances and planetary photometry
- 12 Photometric effects of large-scale roughness
- 13 Polarization of light scattered by a particulate medium
- 14 Reflectance spectroscopy
- 15 Thermal emission and emittance spectroscopy
- 16 Simultaneous transport of energy by radiation and thermal conduction
- Appendix A A brief review of vector calculus
- Appendix B Functions of a complex variable
- Appendix C The wave equation in spherical coordinates
- Appendix D Fraunhofer diffraction by a circular hole
- Appendix E Table of symbols
- Bibliography
- Index
Frontmatter
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 05 January 2012
- Frontmatter
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- 1 Introduction
- 2 Electromagnetic wave propagation
- 3 The absorption of light
- 4 Specular reflection
- 5 Single-particle scattering: perfect spheres
- 6 Single-particle scattering: irregular particles
- 7 Propagation in a nonuniform medium: the equation of radiative transfer
- 8 The bidirectional reflectance of a semi-infinite medium
- 9 The opposition effect
- 10 A miscellany of bidirectional reflectances and related quantities
- 11 Integrated reflectances and planetary photometry
- 12 Photometric effects of large-scale roughness
- 13 Polarization of light scattered by a particulate medium
- 14 Reflectance spectroscopy
- 15 Thermal emission and emittance spectroscopy
- 16 Simultaneous transport of energy by radiation and thermal conduction
- Appendix A A brief review of vector calculus
- Appendix B Functions of a complex variable
- Appendix C The wave equation in spherical coordinates
- Appendix D Fraunhofer diffraction by a circular hole
- Appendix E Table of symbols
- Bibliography
- Index
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- Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy , pp. i - viPublisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2012