Fundamentals of Atmospheric Radiation: An Introduction with 400 Problems

by Craig F. Bohren, Eugene E. Clothiaux

Meeting the need for teaching material suitable for students of atmospheric science and courses on atmospheric radiation, this textbook covers the fundamentals of emission, absorption, and scattering of electromagnetic radiation from ultraviolet to infrared and beyond. Much of the contents applies to planetary atmosphere, with graded discussions providing a thorough treatment of subjects, including single scattering by particles at different levels of complexity. The discussion of the simple multiple scattering theory introduces concepts in more advanced theories, such that the more complicated two-stream theory allows readers to progress beyond the pile-of-plates theory.
The authors are physicists teaching at the largest meteorology department in the US at Penn State. The problems given in the text come from students, colleagues, and correspondents, and the figures designed especially for this book facilitate comprehension.
Ideal for advanced undergraduate and graduate students of atmospheric science.

* Free solutions manual available for lecturers at www.wiley-vch.de/supplements/

490 pages, Paperback

First published March 20, 2006

About the author

Craig F. Bohren is an American atmospheric scientist and physicist. Bohren wrote fundamental books on light scattering, atmospheric thermodynamics, and radiative transfer, as well
as popular science books on atmospheric optics.He is Distinguished Professor Emeritus of Meteorology at Pennsylvania State University. He is an author of about 100 articles mostly on atmospheric optics, radiative transfer, and light scattering.

Reviews

[Xi Xi · Rating 3 out of 5]

The lines are very close together, making them difficult to read, although some jokes they cracked could be hilarious.