Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy
Theory of Reflectance and Emittance Spectroscopy
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USDThis book is aimed at students and researchers who wish to use reflectance and emittance as quantitative tools to measure the properties of surfaces and materials. It is intended primarily for use in the interpretation of remote observations of the surfaces of the Earth and other planets, and it will also be useful to chemists, physicists, geologists, engineers and others who deal with particulate media. Topics include propagation and absorption of light in continuous media, reflection by smooth surfaces, scattering by spheres and irregular particles, reflectances and emissivities of particulate media, reflectance and emittance spectroscopy, and the polarization of light scattered by particulate media. Many examples of applications are given.
- Includes many examples of applications
- Ideal reference text for students and researchers using reflectance and emission spectroscopy
- Will be of use to chemists, physicists and engineers as well as earth scientists
Product details
February 2011Adobe eBook Reader
9780511870552
0 pages
0kg
154 b/w illus. 3 tables
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Table of Contents
- Preface
- 1. Introduction
- 2. Electromagnetic wave propagation
- 3. The absorption of light
- 4. Specular reflection
- 5. Scattering by a single particle:
- 1. Perfect, uniform spheres
- 6. Scattering by a single particle:
- 2. Irregular particles
- 7. Propagation in a non-uniform medium: the equation of radiative transfer
- 8. The bidirectional reflectance of a semi-infinite medium
- 9. The bidirectional reflectance in other geometries
- 10. Other quantities related to reflectance, integrated reflectances, planetary photometry, reflectances of mixtures
- 11. Reflectance spectroscopy
- 12. Photometric effects of large scale roughness
- 13. Thermal emission
- 14. Polarization
- Appendices
- Bibliography
- Index.
