Issue 9, January 2004

New papers on electromagnetic scattering and radiative transfer:

Mishchenko, M. I., and L. D. Travis, 2004: Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and Stokes parameters. In Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing (G. Videen, Ya. S. Yatskiv, and M. I. Mishchenko, Eds.), Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, pp. 1-44.

Mishchenko, M. I., J. W. Hovenier, and D. W. Mackowski, 2004: Singe scattering by a small volume element, J. Opt. Soc. Am. A 21, 71-87.

Mishchenko, M. I., and A. A. Lacis, 2003: Morphology-dependent resonances of nearly spherical particles in random orientation, Appl. Opt. 42, 5551-5556.

Mishchenko, M. I., 2003: Microphysical approach to polarized radiative transfer: extension to the case of an external observation point, Appl. Opt. 42, 4963- 4967.

To receive reprints of these papers, please send an e-mail request to Michael Mishchenko at crmim@giss.nasa.gov .

To download a .pdf version, please visit the web site http://www.giss.nasa.gov/~crmim/publications/

International Workshop on Multiple Scattering Lidar Experiments MUSCLE XIII

28 June - 1 July 2004, Saint-Petersburg, Russia

FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT

The next International Workshop MUSCLE XIII will be held on 28 June – 1 July 2004 in Saint-Petersburg, Russia.

The organizers are Institute of Atmospheric Optics (Rus. Acad. Sci., Tomsk), the Saint-Petersburg University, and Saint - Petersburg Institute for Informatics and Automation (Rus. Acad. Sci.).

The previous MUSCLE Workshops were held in Germany (2002), USA (2000), Italy (1999), Israel (1997), and so on. Though the central scientific problem of the MUSCLE Workshops is multiple scattering in lidar signals, the more general topics of single and multiple scattering of waves are traditionally welcome, for example:

- light scattering by spherical and nonspherical particles;

- multiple scattering of radiation in discrete  media;

- inverse problems for diagnostics of  scattering media with applications to various areas of physics and technology, etc.

The MUSCLE XIII will take place in the main building of the Saint-Petersburg University located in the heart of Saint - Petersburg.

Since the "white night" period is a peak of tourism resulting in certain problems with accommodation, the Organizing Committee earnestly request you to send your preliminary intention to attend the MUSCLE Workshop to e-mail:    muscle@iao.ru

The dissemination of this information among your colleagues who could be interested is appreciated. The additional information will be sent by the second announcement in January 2004. It will be also allocated at the site http://www.muscle.iao.ru

On behalf of the Organizing Committee,

Anatoli Borovoi Tomsk, Russia

For those who are interested in 3D radiative transfer:

Union Session: http://submissions6.agu.org/sm04/search/search_detail.asp?sessid=99

Remote Observation of Earth and Planetary Environments: The Challenge of Spatial Complexity

http://www.agu.org/meetings/sm04/ in AGU/CGU Spring meet at Montreal 17-21 May 2004 (provided by Jouni Peltoniemi)