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Electromagnetic Scattering by Particles and Surfaces

Michael I. Mishchenko and Larry D. Travis

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• A new multiple sphere T-matrix Fortran code for use on parallel computer clusters developed by Dan Mackowski.
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• A new book on Polarimetric Remote Sensing of Solar System Objects is now available on-line in the .pdf format.

• New Van de Hulst Light-Scattering Award from Elsevier - please read and nominate a deserving colleague!

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• International Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering XIII, Taormina, Italy, 26-30 Sptember 2011

• NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Special Detection Technique (Polarimetry) and Remote Sensing", Kyiv, Ukraine, 12-25 September 2010

• New book in Russian: Mishchenko, M. I. (2007): Electromagnetic Scattering in Discrete Random media: Fundamental Theory and Applications, Kyiv-New York (Habilitation Doctoral Thesis)

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• 11th International Conference on "Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles" will take place 7-12 September at the University of Hertfordshire, UK.

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• International Radiation Symposium - IRS'2008 will take place 3 to 8 August 2008 at Mabu Thermas & Resort, at Foz do Iguaçu, Brazil.

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• GAeF Meeting 2008 on "Light Scattering: Mie and More - Commemorating 100 years Mie's 1908 publications", 3 - 4 July 2008, Karlsruhe, Germany

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• 10th International Conference on "Electromagnetic and Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles" took place 17-23 June 2007 in Bodrum, Turkey and was co-located with the 5th International Symposium on "Radiative Transfer."

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  BOOK OF ABSTRACTS:
  Videen, G., M. Mishchenko, M. P. Menguc, and N. Zakharova, 2007: Peer-Reviewed Abstracts of the Tenth Conference on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering, 17-23 June 2007, Bodrum, Turkey.
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• A new book has just become available: Mishchenko, M. I., L. D. Travis, and A. A. Lacis (2006): Multiple Scattering of Light by Particles: Radiative Transfer and Coherent Backscattering, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge.

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• FORTRAN codes for the computation of polarized bidirectional reflectance of statistically rough surfaces (e.g., wind-roughened ocean surfaces) are now available.

• New, fully public-domain T-matrix codes are now available. They are based on the LAPACK version of the LU-factorization procedure and contain no proprietary components. We thank Cory Davis (University of Edinburgh) for pointing out the possibility of replacing the proprietary NAG matrix inversion routine by the public-domain LAPACK equivalent.

• The third electronic release of the book on Scattering, Absorption, and Emission of Light by Small Particles is now available on-line in the .pdf format. The new release incorporates numerous minor improvements and corrections.

• Maxwell's equations of electromagnetism top a poll to find the greatest equations of all time. The Poincare-Planck-Lewis-et-al. E = mc² and the Hilbert-Einstein equations of gravity were not even close.

• A comprehensive database of T-matrix publications is now available in the .pdf format. We plan to constantly update the database and would greatly appreciate notifying us of any corrections and missing or new references. Please communicate them to Michael Mishchenko at mmishchenko@giss.nasa.gov.

• New book on Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing, Edited by G. Videen, Ya. Yatskiv, and M. Mishchenko (Kluwer Academic Publishers, Dordrecht, The Netherlands, 2004).

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  Corrected version of the chapter by Oleg Dubovik (PDF)

• New book on Characterisation of Bio-Particles from Light Scattering by V. P. Maltsev and K. A. Semyanov.

• NATO Advanced Study Institute on "Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing," Yalta, Ukraine, 20 September - 3 October 2003

• Amsterdam Light Scattering Database

• Special JAS issue on "Global Aerosol Climatology Project" (to receive a free copy of the special issue, please e-mail your request to Michael Mishchenko).

• Newsletter on Electromagnetic and Light Scattering

• Special Section on Electromagnetic Scattering by Nonspherical Particles, J. Geophys. Res. 104, 31,671-31,808 (1999). To receive a free copy of the special section, please e-mail your request to Michael Mishchenko. (Table of contents PDF).

• Book on "Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles: Theory, Measurements, and Applications" is available here.

• Special JQSRT issue on "Light Scattering by Nonspherical Particles '98". Click here to see the table of contents.

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