Part I Preliminaries
1. Scales, Tools and Reminiscences
W.J.Wiscombe .............................................. 3
2. Observing Clouds and Their Optical Properties
E.E.Clothiaux, H.W.Barker and A.V.Korolev ................ 93
Part II Fundamentals
3. A Primer in 3D Radiative Transfer
A.B.Davis and Y.Knyazikhin .............................. 153
4. Numerical Methods
K.F.Evans and A.Marshak ................................. 243
5. Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative
Transfer, Part 1: Resolved Variability and
Phenomenology
A.B. Davis and I.N. Polonsky ............................ 283
Part III Climate
6. Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative
Transfer, Part 2: Unresolved Variability and Climate
Applications
H.W.Barker and A.B.Davis ................................ 343
7. 3D Radiative Transfer in Stochastic Media
N. Byrne ................................................ 385
8. Effective Cloud Properties for Large-Scale Models
R.F.Cahalan ............................................. 425
9. Broadband Irradiances and Heating Rates for Cloudy
Atmospheres
H.W.Barker .............................................. 449
10.Longwave Radiative Transfer in Inhomogeneous Cloud
Layers
R.G.Ellingson and E.E.Takara ............................ 487
Part IV Remote Sensing
11.3D Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of
Cloud Properties
R.Davies ................................................ 523
12.Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing
A.Marshak and A.B.Davis ................................. 543
13.Photon Paths and Cloud Heterogeneity: An Observational
Strategy to Assess Effects of 3D Geometry on Radiative
Transfer
G.L.Stephens, A.K.Heidinger and P.M.Gabriel ............. 587
14.3D Radiative Transfer in Vegetation Canopies and
Cloud-Vegetation Interaction
Y.Knyazikhin, A.Marshak and R.B.Myneni .................. 617
Appendix: Scale-by-Scale Analysis and Fractal Cloud Models
A. Marshak and A.B.Davis ...................................... 653
Epilogue: What Happens Next? ............................... 665
Notations ..................................................... 671
Index ......................................................... 683
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