Multiple scattering of light by particles radiative transfer and coherent backscattering

1. Introduction 2. Maxwell's equations, electromagnetic waves, and Stokes parameters 3. Basic theory of electromagnetic scattering 4. Scattering by a fixed multi-particle group 5. Statistical averaging 6. Scattering by a single random particle 7. Single scattering by a small random particle group 8. Radiative transfer equation 9. Calculations and measurements of single-particle characteristics 10. Radiative transfer in plane-parallel scattering media 11. Macroscopically isotropic and mirror-symmetric scattering media 12. Radiative transfer in plane-parallel, microscopically isotropic and mirror-symmetric scattering media 13. Illustrative applications of radiative transfer theory 14. Coherent backscattering.