Transfer of Polarized Light in Planetary Atmospheres Basic Concepts
The principal elements of the theory of polarized light transfer in planetary atmospheres are expounded in a systematic but concise way. Basic concepts and practical methods are emphasized, both for single and multiple scattering of electromagnetic radiat
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ASTROPHYSICS AND
SPACE SCIENCE LIBRARY VOLUME 318
EDITORIAL BOARD Chairman
W.B. BURTON, National Radio Astronomy Observatory, Charlottesville, Virginia, U.S.A. ([email protected]); University of Leiden, The Netherlands ([email protected]) Executive Committee J. M. E. KUUPERS, Faculty of Science, Nijmegen, The Netherlands E. P. J. VAN DEN HEUVEL, Astronomical Institute, University of Amsterdam, The Netherlands H. VAN DER LAAN, Astronomical Institute, University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
MEMBERS 1. APPENZELLER, Landessternwarte Heidelberg-Konigstuhl, Germany J. N. BAHCALL, The Institute for Advanced Study, Princeton, U.S.A. F. BERTOLA, Universita di Padova, Italy J. P. CASSINELLI, University ofWisconsin, Madison, U.S.A. C. J. CESARSKY, Centre d'Etudes de Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France O. ENGVOLD, Institute of Theoretical Astrophysics, University of Oslo, Norway R. McCRAY, University of Colorado, J/LA, Boulde" U.S.A. P. G. MURDIN, Institute ofAstronomy, Cambridge, U.K. F. PACINI, Istituto Astronomia Arcetri, Firenze, Italy V. RADHAKRlSHNAN, Raman Research Institute, Bangalore, India K. SATO, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, Japan F. H. SHU, University of California, Berkeley, U.S.A. B. V. SOMOV, Astronomical Institute, Moscow State University, Russia R. A. SUNYAEV, Space Research Institute, Moscow, Russia Y. TANAKA, Institute of Space & Astronautical Science, Kanagawa, Japan s. TREMAINE, CITA, Princeton University, U.S.A. N. O. WEISS, University of Cambridge, U.K.
TRANSFER OF POLARIZED LIGHT IN PLANETARY
ATMOSPHERES
Basic Concepts and Practic al Methods
by JOOP W. HOVENIER Astronomicallnstitute "Anton Pannekoek", University of Amsterdam, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
CORNELIS VAN DER MEE
HELMUT DOMKE
Dipartimento di Matematica e Informatica, Universita di Cagliari, Cagliari, Italy
Potsdam, Germany
SPRINGER SCIENCE+BUSINESS MEDIA, B.V.
A C.I.P. Catalogue record for this book is available from the Library of Congress.
ISBN 978-1-4020-2889-2 ISBN 978-1-4020-2856-4 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-1-4020-2856-4
Cover: Illustration of the mirror symmetry relation for polarized light. See also page 75.
Printed an acid-free paper
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Contents Preface
ix
Acknowledgments
xiii
1 Description of Polarized Light 1.1 Intensity and Flux . . . . . . . . . . . 1.2 Polarization Parameters . . . . . . . . 1.2.1 Trigonometric Wave Functions 1.2.2 General Properties of Stokes Parameters for Quasi-monochromatic Light . .
