Abstract

Forty-four papers, featured in two issues of Applied Optics, contain significant recent results in the propagation and scattering of optical waves in the atmosphere with overviews of the state of the art. The first part, in the 1 June 1988 issue, deals with propagation and scattering in continuous media, including computer simulation of scintillation, scintillation theory and statistics, and the measurement of turbulence and atmospheric parameters. The second part, in this 15 June 1988 issue, covers nonlinear scattering, scattering by composite, nonspherical, and irregular particles, multiple scattering, and lidar measurements.

© 1988 Optical Society of America

Propagation and scattering in the atmosphere: introduction by the feature editors to part 1

Anna Consortini and Richard A. Elliott
Appl. Opt. 27(11) 2109-2110 (1988)

Optical propagation and scattering related to the atmosphere, dense volume media, and rough surfaces: an introduction by the feature editors

Anna Consortini, J. Fred Holmes, and J. Christopher Dainty
Appl. Opt. 32(15) 2649-2650 (1993)

Optical inspection: introduction by the feature editor

Kristina M. Johnson
Appl. Opt. 27(22) 4613-4614 (1988)

Photon correlation and scattering: Introduction by the feature editors

Todd D. Fansler and Ralph Nossal
Appl. Opt. 32(21) 3811-3812 (1993)

Optical particle sizing: an introduction by the feature editors

E. Dan Hirleman and Craig F. Bohren
Appl. Opt. 30(33) 4685-4687 (1991)