Vol. 31, No. 1, 2018

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

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.

Optical Waves Propagation

Contribution of the Water Vapor Continuum Absorption to Shortwave Solar Fluxes in the Earth’s Atmosphere with Cirrus Cloudiness

K. M. Firsov, T. Yu. Chesnokova, A. A. Razmolov, and A. V. Chentsov p. 1 abstract

Optics of Clusters, Aerosols, and Hydrosoles

Variations in Condensation Properties of Mixed Smoke from Biomass Burning at Different Smoke Evolution Stages

V. S. Kozlov, R. F. Rakhimov, and V. P. Shmargunov p. 9 abstract

Estimation of Optical Properties of “Soft” Radially Inhomogeneous Ellipsoidal Particles

L. E. Paramonov p. 19 abstract

Model Estimates of Dynamics of the Vertical Structure of Solar Absorption and Temperature Effects under Background Conditions and in Extremely Smoke-Laden Atmosphere According to Data of Aircraft Observations

T. B. Zhuravleva, M. V. Panchenko, V. S. Kozlov, I. M. Nasrtdinov, V. V. Pol’kin, S. A. Terpugova, and D. G. Chernov p. 25 abstract

Nonlinear Optics

Global Self-Focusing and Features of Multiple Filamentation of Radiation of a Subterawatt Ti:Sapphire Laser with a Centimeter Output Aperture Along a 150-m Path

D. V. Apeksimov, A. A. Zemlyanov, A. N. Iglakova, A. M. Kabanov, O. I. Kuchinskaya, G. G. Matvienko, V. K. Oshlakov, and A. V. Petrov p. 31 abstract

Optical Models and Databases

Comparative Estimation of Geochemical Activity of the Atmosphere according to the Ratio of Compositions of Different Near-Ground Aerosol Fractions at the Fonovaya Observatory in Autumn 2016

B. D. Belan, D. V. Simonenkov, A. V. Talovskaya, M. P. Tentyukov, A. V. Fofonov, and E. G. Yazikov p. 36 abstract

Optical Instrumentation

Comparative Assessments of the Crosswind Speed from Optical and Acoustic Measurements in the Surface Air Layer

A. L. Afanasiev, V. A. Banakh, and D. A. Marakasov p. 43 abstract

Coherence of Bessel-Gaussian Beams Propagating in a Turbulent Atmosphere

I. P. Lukin p. 49 abstract

A Fast Algorithm for Retrieving Maps of Atmospheric Pollution by Fine Particulate Matter from Multispectral Satellite Images

S. A. Lisenko p. 60 abstract

Atmospheric Correction of Multispectral Satellite Images Based on the Solar Radiation Transfer Approximation Model

S. A. Lisenko p. 72 abstract

Development of Algorithms for Atmospheric Methane Distribution Retrieval from METOP/IASI Spectra

M. Yu. Khamatnurova, K. G. Gribanov, and V. I. Zakharov p. 86 abstract

Determination of the Statistical Moments of Sea-Surface Slopes by Optical Scanners

A. S. Zapevalov p. 91 abstract

Generation of Diffuse Jets and Runaway Electron Beams in Air, SF₆, and Helium at Low Pressures

A. G. Burachenko, V. F. Tarasenko, I. D. Kostyrya, and E. Kh. Baksht p. 96 abstract

Amplified Spontaneous Emission on Sodium D-lines Using Nonresonant Optical Pumping