Contents

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Vol. 30, No. 1, 2017

A simultaneous English language translation of this journal is available from Pleiades Publishing, Ltd.
Distributed worldwide by Springer. Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics ISSN 1024-8560.

Spectroscopy of Ambient Medium

Overcoming Spectroscopic Challenges in Direct Problems of Satellite Sounding of the Atmosphere

V. A. Falaleeva and B. A. Fomin p. 1  abstract

Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Underlying Surface

The Retrieval of the Coastal Water Depths from Data of Multi- and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Imagery

O. V. Grigorieva, D. V. Zhukov, A. V. Markov and V. F. Mochalov p. 7  abstract

Spectral Features for Identification of the Typical Contaminations of Sea Water from Aerospace Imagery

D. V. Zhukov p. 13  abstract

Structure of Aerosol Fields of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer according to Aerosol and Doppler Lidar Data During Passage of Atmospheric Fronts

G. P. Kokhanenko, Yu. S. Balin, M. G. Klemasheva, I. E. Penner, S. V. Samoilova, S. A. Terpugova, V. A. Banakh, I. N. Smalikho, A. V. Falits, T. M. Rasskazchikova, P. N. Antokhin, M. Yu. Arshinov, B. D. Belan and S. B. Belan p. 18  abstract

Height Profiles of the Structure Characteristic of Air Temperature in the Atmospheric Boundary Layer from Sodar Measurements

A. P. Kamardin and S. L. Odintsov p. 33  abstract

Observation of the Earth’s Surface from the Space through a Gap in a Cloud Field

M. V. Tarasenkov, I. V. Kirnos and V. V. Belov p. 39  abstract

Identification of Atmospheric Gravity Waves in Clouds over a Water Surface from MODIS Imagery

V. G. Astafurov and A. V. Skorokhodov p. 44  abstract

Optical Contrast Inversion at Slick–Ripple Interfaces

A. S. Zapevalov, N. E. Lebedev and S. V. Stanichny p. 50  abstract

Atmospheric Radiation, Optical Weather, and Climate

Connections between Climatic Characteristics and Cyclonic Activity in Winter over Siberia in 1976–2011

N. V. Podnebesnykh, I. I. Ippolitov and M. V. Kabanov p. 55  abstract

Climate Classification in the Northern Hemisphere Using Phases of Temperature Signals

N. N. Cheredko, V. A. Tartakovsky, V. A. Krutikov and Yu. V. Volkov p. 63  abstract

Optical Models and Databases

A Fast and Accurate Synthetic Iteration-Based Algorithm for Numerical Simulation of Radiative Transfer in a Turbid Medium

V. P. Budak, V. S. Zheltov, A. V. Lubenchenko, K. S. Freidlin and O. V. Shagalov p. 70  abstract

Monte Carlo Simulation of the Effects caused by Multiple Scattering of Ground-Based and Spaceborne Lidar Pulses in Clouds

S. M. Prigarin p. 79  abstract

Technology for Designing Tools for the Process and Analysis of Data from Very Large Scale Distributed Satellite Archives

A. V. Kashnitskii, E. A. Lupyan, I. V. Balashov and A. M. Konstantinova p. 84  abstract

Variations in Aerosol Optical and Microphysical Characteristics along the Route of Russian Antarctic Expeditions in the East Atlantic

S. M. Sakerin, D. M. Kabanov, V. V. Polkin, V. F. Radionov, B. N. Holben and A. Smirnov p. 89  abstract

Influence of 3D Cloud Effects on Spatial-Angular Characteristics of the Reflected Solar Radiation Field

T. B. Zhuravleva, I. M. Nasrtdinov and T. V. Russkova p. 103  abstract