Part I
THEORETICAL FOUNDATIONS
Table of Contents
1. Introduction 666
2. Optical Properties of an Isolated Particle 668
3. Cooperative Effects 672
4. Multiple Scattering 675
5. General Formulation of the Problem of the Spectroscopy of Dispersed Materials. . . 677
6. Subsurface Conditions and the Spectroscopy of Weakly Absorbing Materials 678
7. Reflection from the Surface of a Scattering Medium in the Case of Very Strong Absorption 680
8. Albedo of a Scattering Medium at Weak Absorption. . . 683
9. Transmission of an Optically Thin Layer and the Measurement of the Extinction Coefficient 684
10. Differential Equations 685
11. The Connection between Transmissivity and the Reflectivity of a Layer 688
12. Model Representations and Finite-Difference Equations 691
13. The Role of the Boundary of a Scattering Medium 692
14. Conclusion 695