Contents

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Vol. 34, No. 2, 2021

Spectroscopy of Ambient Medium

Method for Retrieval of the HDO/H2O Ratio Vertical Profile in the Atmosphere from Satellite Spectra Simultaneously Measured in Thermal and Near-IR Ranges

I. V. Zadvornykh, K. G. Gribanov, N. Yu. Denisova, V. I. Zakharov, and R. Imasu p. 81  abstract

Analysis of the Information Content and Vertical Resolution of Ground-Based IR Spectroscopy for Determining the Vertical Structure of CO2

Yu. M. Timofeev, N. N. Filippov, and A. V. Poberovsky p. 87  abstract

Optics of Clusters, Aerosols, and Hydrosoles

Estimation of the Sizes of Suspended Organic Particles from Light-Scattering Phase Functions and Their Relationship to the Water Trophic State

V. I. Mankovskiy and E. V. Mankovskaya p. 93  abstract

Air Pollution by Black Carbon in the Region of Wrangel Island: Comparison of Eurasian and American Sources and Their Contributions

A. A. Vinogradova, A. V. Vasileva, and Yu. A. Ivanova p. 97  abstract

Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Underlying Surface

Scattering on Excited Ions as a Reason for Detecting Imaginary Aerosols in the Middle Atmosphere

V. V. Bychkov, I. N. Seredkin, and V. N. Marichev p. 104  abstract

Experimental Estimation of the Backscatter Enhancement Peak

I. A. Razenkov p. 111  abstract

Acoustooptical and Radiooptical Methods for Environmental Studies

Height of the Region of Intense Turbulent Heat Exchange in a Stably Stratified Boundary Layer of the Atmosphere. Part 2: Relationship with Surface Meteorological Parameters

S. L. Odintsov, V. A. Gladkikh, A. P. Kamardin, and I. V. Nevzorova p. 117  abstract

Atmospheric Radiation, Optical Weather, and Climate

The Relationship between the Ultraviolet Radiation and Meteorological Factors and Atmospheric Turbidity: Part II. Role of Surface Albedo

B. D. Belan, G. A. Ivlev, and T. K. Sklyadneva p. 128  abstract

Radar Characteristics of Convective Clouds during Transition to the Cumulonimbus Stage in Different Regions of the World

A. A. Sin’kevich, V. B. Popov, A. M. Abshaev, B. A. Boe, S. D. Pawar, Yu. P. Mikhailovskii, M. L. Toropova, V. Gopalakrishnan, and Zh. M. Gekkieva p. 134  abstract

Optical Models and Databases

Simulation of Brightness Fields of Solar Radiation in the Presence of Optically Anisotropic Ice-Crystal Clouds: Algorithm and Test Results

T. B. Zhuravleva p. 140  abstract

Application of Integral Scattering Characteristics for Calculating the Spatiotemporal Light Field of a Point Isotropic Light Source

O. N. Gaponenko p. 148  abstract

Optical Instrumentation

The Use of a Bistatic Laser Monitor for High-Speed Imaging of Combustion Processes

M. V. Trigub, N. A. Vasnev, V. D. Kitler, and G. S. Evtushenko p. 154  abstract