Issue 12, September 2004

T-matrix database is published and available on the website:

http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~crmim/publications/2004_jqsrt_88_357.pdf

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Books:

The 3rd improved Edition of LIGHT SCATTERING MEDIA OPTICS by A. A. Kokhanovsky has been published in August, 2004.

The theory of the scattering of light by small particles is very important in a wide range of applications in atmospheric physics and atmospheric optics, ocean optics, remote sensing, astronomy and astrophysics and biological optics. This book summarizes current knowledge of the optical properties of single small particles and natural light scattering media such as snow, clouds, foam aerosols etc. The book considers both single and multiple light scattering regimes, together with light scattering and radiative transfer in close-packed media. The third edition incorporates new findings in the area of light scattering media optics in an updated version of the text.

http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40109-22-33836188-0,00.html

Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing is available through Springer:

http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40109-22-33633918-0,00.html (hardbound)

http://www.springeronline.com/sgw/cda/frontpage/0,11855,5-40109-22-33634015-0,00.html (softbound)

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New papers:

PDF files of the following recent papers are available at http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~crmim/publications/ :

G. Videen, Ya. S. Yatskiv, and M. I. Mishchenko 2004: Preface: photopolarimetry in remote sensing, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer

88, 1-2.

Dlugach, J. M., and M. I. Mishchenko, 2004: The effect of particle shape on microphysical properties of Jovian aerosols retrieved from ground-based

spectropolarimetric observations, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 37-46.

Geogdzhayev, I. V., M. I. Mishchenko, L. Liu, and L. Remer, 2004: Global two-channel AVHRR aerosol climatology: effects of stratospheric aerosols

and preliminary comparisons with MODIS and MISR retrievals, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 47-59.

Liu, L., M. I. Mishchenko, I. Geogdzhayev, A. Smirnov, S. M. Sakerin, D. M. Kabanov, and O. A. Ershov, 2004: Global validation of two-channel AVHRR

aerosol optical thickness retrievals over the oceanis, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 97-109.

Mishchenko, M. I., L. Liu, L. D. Travis, and A. A. Lacis, 2004: Scattering and radiative properties of semi-external versus external mixtures of

different aerosol types, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 139-147.

Mishchenko, M. I., B. Cairns, J. E. Hansen, L. D. Travis, R. Burg, Y. J. Kaufman, J. V. Martins, and E. P. Shettle, 2004: Monitoring of aerosol

forcing of climate from space: analysis of measurement requirements, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 149-161.

Mishchenko, M. I., G. Videen, V. A. Babenko, N. G. Khlebtsov, and Th. Wriedt, 2004: T-matrix theory of electromagnetic scattering by particles

and its applications: a comprehensive reference database, J. Quant. Spectrosc. Radiat. Transfer 88, 357-406.

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L i g h t – s c a t t e r i n g b a b y !

Birth announcement Wander Smit, son of Hester Volten and Sebastiaan Smit

Born in Amsterdam, 1 July 2004 10:48 p.m.; 3700 grams; 54 ± 2 cm

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