This first coherent book on 3D radiative transfer provides a stand-alone, comprehensive treatment of 3-D radiative transfer in cloudy atmospheres and other situations. It addresses the huge task of understanding 3-D radiative transfer methods, stepping from 1-D to 2-D and then 3-D, before going on to illustrate applications in the atmospheric and surface radiation budgets, as well as the remote sensing of cloud, aerosol, and surface properties.
While highly recommended as essential reading for a master course in meteorology with an emphasis on radiative transfer, researchers in atmospheric radiation and remote sensing are equally likely to come to rely on this text.
Foreword
Preface
Context, History and Overview
BASIC CONCEPTS
N(+1)-Dimensional Radiative Transfer: Physical Foundations
1(+1)-Dimensional Radiative Transfer: The Plane-Parallel
Benchmark/Approximation
2(+1)-Dimensional Radiative Transfer: Flatland, a Stepping Stone to Full 3D
3(+1)-Dimensional Radiative Transfer: Computational Methods
RADIATION BUDGET APPLICATIONS
Large-Scale Averages (Spatially Unresolved Variability)
Small-Scale Values (Spatially Resolved Variability)
REMOTE SENSING APPLICATIONS
Clouds & Kin
Aerosols and Gases near Clouds
Surface Properties
Conclusions & Outlook
References
List of Acronyms & Abbreviations
List of Symbols
Index Terms
Anthony Davis is Research Scientist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, Ca, USA. With degrees in physics from Universite Pierre & Marie Curie (Paris VI), Universite de Montreal and McGill University, he has previously worked as a remote sensing scientist for NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center in Greenbelt, MD, USA, and the DOE's Los Alamos National Laboratory in NM, USA, where his focus was split between environmental applications and nuclear proliferation detection. Dr. Davis has authored or co-authored over 100 peer-reviewed publications and been a guest editor for a monograph as well as a special issue. He has organized several focused sessions at conferences, meetings and workshops.
Alexander Marshak received a MS in applied mathematics from Tartu University (Estonia) in 1978 and a PhD in numerical analysis in 1983 from the Siberian Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences (Novosibirsk, Russia). In 1978 he joined the Institute of Astrophysics and Atmospheric Physics (Estonia) and worked there for 11 years. In 1989 he received an Alexander von Humboldt fellowship, and worked for two years at Gottingen University (Germany). He joined GSFC in 1991, first working for SSAI, then UMBC/JCET, and finally, NASA/GSFC where he has been employed since 2003. His duties now include being Mission Scientist for the Deep Space Climate Observatory (DSCOVR) program. He has published over 100 refereed papers and chapters in edited volumes, and he was the primary editor for a 2005 monograph on 3D Radiative Transfer in Cloudy Atmospheres.
