InhaltsangabeScales, Tools and Reminiscences.- Observing Clouds, and Their Optical Properies.- A Primer in Three - Dimensional Radiaive Tranfer.- Numerical methods.- Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer- 3D Radiative Transfer in Stochastic Media.- Effective Cloud Properties for Large-Scale Models.- Broadband Irradiances and Heating Rates for Cloudy Atmopheres.- Longwave Radiative Transfer in Inhomogeneous Cloud Layers.- Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties.- Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing.- Photon Paths and Cloud Heterogenity: An Obvservational Strategy to Assess Effects of 3D Geometry on Radiative Transfer.- Three-Dimensional Radiative Transfer in Vegetation Canopies.

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InhaltsangabePreliminaries.- Scales, Tools and Reminiscences.- Observing Clouds and Their Optical Properties.- Fundamentals.- A Primer in 3D Radiative Transfer.- Numerical Methods.- Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer Part 1: Resolved Variability and Phenomenology.- Climate.- Approximation Methods in Atmospheric 3D Radiative Transfer Part 2: Unresolved Variability and Climate Applications.- 3D Radiative Transfer in Stochastic Media.- Effective Cloud Properties for Large-Scale Models.- Broadband Irradiances and Heating Rates for Cloudy Atmospheres.- Longwave Radiative Transfer in Inhomogeneous Cloud Layers.- Remote Sensing.- 3D Radiative Transfer in Satellite Remote Sensing of Cloud Properties.- Horizontal Fluxes and Radiative Smoothing.- Photon Paths and Cloud Heterogeneity: An Observational Strategy to Assess Effects of 3D Geometry on Radiative Transfer.- 3D Radiative Transfer in Vegetation Canopies and Cloud-Vegetation Interaction.