The state-of-the-art analytical formulation methods make this a reference work that "should and will occupy a prominent place in the library of any serious researcher concerned with climate, atmospheric dynamics, and meteorology."
                                              Bulletin of the AMS

Prepared under the auspices of the Radiation Commission of the International Association of the Meteorology and Atmospheric Physics, this reference standard will provide essential information not only for researchers but also at the undergraduate level. Part I deals with the plane-parallel atmospheres and introduces four additional methods to the literature. Part II deals with non-plane parallel geometry, including horizontal inhomogeneities (finite clouds, homogeneous ground), spherical planetary atmospheres and searchlight (or laser) illumination.

Contents

• Part I:
  • General Definitions
  • Exact Analytical Methods
  • Computational Methods
  • Approximate Methods
  • Limiting Cases
  • Problem of the Approximation of the Phase Function
  • Numerical Comparisons of the Methods
  • Surface Reflection
  • Reciprocity and Symmetry Relations
  • Phase Function of the Atmosphere
• Part II:
  • Problems of Scattering with Gaseous Absorption
  • Horizontally Inhomogeneous Atmospheres Illuminated by the Solar Beam
  • Spherical Planetary Atmospheres Illuminated by the Solar Beam
  • Illumination by a Narrow Collimated Beam
• Bibliography
• Subject Index

ISBN 0-937194-05-0, Hardcover, 300 pages, 1985, $73.00