附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Cover -- Table of Contents -- Preface -- Organizational Structure -- General Information -- Maxwell's Equations, Electromagnetic Waves, and Stokes Parameters -- Polarized Light Scattering by Large Nonspherical Particles -- Optimization of Numerical Inversion in Photopolarimetric Remote Sensing -- Radiative Transfer -- Eigenvalue Shifting ... A New Analytical-Computational Method in Radiative Transfer Theory -- Quadratic Integrals in Inverse Problems with Multiple Scattering -- Dynamic Systems -- Polarization Fluctuation Spectroscopy -- Intensity and Polarization Fluctuation Statistics of Light Scattered by Systems of Particles -- Backscatter Polarization -- Scattering Properties of Planetary Regoliths Near Opposition -- Backscattering from Particles Near Planar Surfaces -- Backscattering Effects for Discrete Random Media -- Biological Systems -- Inverse Polarimetry and Light Scattering from Leaves -- Optical Properties and Biomedical Applications of Nanostructures Based on Gold and Silver Bioconjugates -- Astrophysical Phenomena -- Polarization of Light by Pre-Main-Sequence Stars in the Visual Wavelengths -- Infrared Polarimetry of Interstellar Dust -- Measurements of General Magnetic Fields on Stars with Vigorous Convective Zones Using High-Accuracy Spectropolarimetry -- Polarimetry and Physics of Solar System Bodies -- Disk-Integrated Polarimetry of Mercury in 2000 ... 2002 -- Comets -- Polarimetry of Dust in the Solar System: Remote Observations, In-Situ Measurements and Experimental Simulations -- Polarimetry of Comets: Progress and Problems -- Characterization of Dust Particles Using Photopolarimetric Data: Example of Cometary Dust -- Photopolarimetry Instrumentation -- Invitation to Spectropolarimetry -- Astronomical Polarimeters and Features of Polarimetric Observations -- Participants.