There is hardly a field of science or engineering that does not
have some interest in light scattering by small particles. For
example, this subject is important to climatology because the
energy budget for the Earth's atmosphere is strongly affected by
scattering of solar radiation by cloud and aerosol particles, and
the whole discipline of remote sensing relies largely on analyzing
the parameters of radiation scattered by aerosols, clouds, and
precipitation. The scattering of light by spherical particles can
be easily computed using the conventional Mie theory. However, most
small solid particles encountered in natural and laboratory
conditions have nonspherical shapes. Examples are soot and mineral
aerosols, cirrus cloud particles, snow and frost crystals, ocean
hydrosols, interplanetary and cometary dust grains, and
microorganisms. It is now well known that scattering properties of
nonspherical particles can differ dramatically from those of
"equivalent" (e.g., equal-volume or equal-surface-area) spheres.
Therefore, the ability to accurately compute or measure light
scattering by nonspherical particles in order to clearly understand
the effects of particle nonsphericity on light scattering is very
important.
The rapid improvement of computers and experimental techniques over
the past 20 years and the development of efficient numerical
approaches have resulted in major advances in this field which have
not been systematically summarized. Because of the universal
importance of electromagnetic scattering by nonspherical particles,
papers on different aspects of this subject are scattered over
dozens of diverse research and engineering journals. Often experts
in one discipline (e.g., biology) are unaware of potentially useful
results obtained in another discipline (e.g., antennas and
propagation). This leads to an inefficient use of the accumulated
knowledge and unnecessary redundancy in research activities.
This book offers the first systematic and unified discussion of
light scattering by nonspherical particles and its practical
applications and represents the state-of-the-art of this
important
research field. Individual chapters are written by leading experts
in respective areas and cover three major disciplines: theoretical
and numerical techniques, laboratory measurements, and practical
applications. An overview chapter provides a concise general
introduction to the subject of nonspherical scattering and should
be especially useful to beginners and those interested in fast
practical applications. The audience for this book will include
graduate students, scientists, and engineers working on specific
aspects of electromagnetic scattering by small particles and its
applications in remote sensing, geophysics, astrophysics,
biomedical optics, and optical engineering.
* The first systematic and comprehensive treatment of
electromagnetic scattering by nonspherical particles and its
applications
* Individual chapters are written by leading experts in respective
areas
* Includes a survey of all the relevant literature scattered over
dozens of basic and applied research journals
* Consistent use of unified definitions and notation makes the book
a coherent volume
* An overview chapter provides a concise general introduction to
the subject of light scattering by nonspherical particles
* Theoretical chapters describe specific easy-to-use computer codes
publicly available on the World Wide Web
* Extensively illustrated with over 200 figures, 4 in color
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