This volume provides a thorough and up-to-date treatment of electromagnetic scattering by small particles. Frist, the general formalism of scattering, absorption, and emission of light and other electromagnetic radiation by arbitrarily oriented particles is introduced. Then the relation of radiative transfer theory to single-scattering solutions of Maxwell's equations is discussed, and exact theoretical methods and computer codes for calculating scattering, absorption, and emission properties of arbitrarily shaped particles are described in detail. Further chapters demonstrate how the scattering and absorption characteristics of small particles depend on particle size, refractive index, shape, and orientation. The work illustrates how the high efficiency and accuracy of existing theoretical and experimental techniques, and the availability of fast scientific workstations, result in advanced physically based applications of electromagnetic scattering to non-invasive particle characterization and remote sensing. This book will be valuable for science professionals, engineers, and graduate students in a wide range of disciplines including optics, electromagnetics, remote sensing, climate research, and biomedicine.
Part 1. Basic Theory of Electromagnetic Scattering,
Absorption, and Emission
Part 2. Calulation and Measurement of Scattering and
Absorption Characteristics of Small Particles
Part 3. Scattering and Absorption Properties of Small Particles
and Illustrative Applications