Contents

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

Vol. 31, No. 4, 2018

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

Study of the Water Vapor Absorption Spectrum in the Visible Spectral Region from 19 480 to 20 500 cm−1

L. N. Sinitsa, V. I. Serdyukov, E. R. Polovtseva, A. D. Bykov, and A. P. Shcherbakov p. 329  abstract

Vibrational Dependences of Broadening and Shift Coefficients of H2O Absorption Lines Perturbed by Ne, Kr, and Xe

V. I. Starikov p. 335  abstract

Two Color Pump-Probe Dichroism and Birefringence Measurements in Atmospheric Molecules

Philippe Babilotte p. 346  abstract

Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Underlying Surface

Detection of Schools of Marine Fish Using Polarization Laser Sensing

V. S. Shamanaev p. 358  abstract

Regional Peculiarities of Hydrobiont Bioluminescence Intensity and Chlorophyll a Concentration in Black Sea Waters

A. B. Polonsky, E. B. Mel’nikova, A. N. Serebrennikov, and Yu. N. Tokarev p. 365  abstract

Comparison of WRF-CHEM Chemical Transport Model Calculations with Aircraft Measurements in Norilsk

P. N. Antokhin, A. V. Gochakov, A. B. Kolker, and A. V. Penenko p. 372  abstract

Optical Instrumentation

Study of the Interaction between Iron Oxide Nanoparticles, Produced in Acoustoplasma Discharge with Cavitation, and Blood Plasma Fibrinogen by Light Scattering Techniques

M. N. Kirichenko, L. L. Chaikov, S. V. Krivokhizha, N. A. Bulychev, M. A. Kazaryan, and A. R. Zaritsky p. 381  abstract

Changes in the IR Spectra of Drinking Water, Melt Water from Snow, and Heavy Water Irradiated by a Nanosecond Electron Beam

V. M. Orlovskii and V. A. Panarin p. 386  abstract

Spectroscopic Study of Green Sulfur Bacteria in Stratified Water Bodies of the Kandalaksha Gulf of the White Sea

A. A. Zhiltsova, A. V. Kharcheva, E. D. Krasnova, O. N. Lunina, D. A. Voronov, A. S. Savvichev, O. M. Gorshkova, and S. V. Patsaeva p. 390  abstract

The Field Strength Necessary for the Formation of Blue Jets in the Middle Atmosphere

E. A. Sosnin, V. A. Panarin, V. S. Skakun, and V. F. Tarasenko p. 397  abstract

Formation of Miniature Analogs of Bead Lightning in Nitrogen and Air during Pulsed Discharge in Nonuniform Electric Field

V. F. Tarasenko and D. V. Beloplotov p. 400  abstract

Optical Sources and Receivers for Environmental Studies

Broadband Spontaneous and Stimulated Luminescence of Heavily Doped AlxGa1 – xN Structures

P. A. Bokhan, K. S. Zhuravlev, D. E. Zakrevsky, T. V. Malin, I. V. Osinnykh, and N. V. Fateev p. 405  abstract

Switching Properties of Eptron—the Nanosecond Sharpener Based on the Combination of Open and Capillary Discharges

P. A. Bokhan, P. P. Gugin, D. E. Zakrevsky, and M. A. Lavrukhin p. 410  abstract

Compact UV Nitrogen Laser Pumped by a Pulsed Longitudinal Inductive Discharge

A. M. Razhev, D. S. Churkin, and R. A. Tkachenko p. 415  abstract

Atomic Lines of Amplified Spontaneous Emission during Optical Pumping of Yb by KrF*-Laser Radiation

V. G. Sokovikov, V. E. Prokop’ev, and A. V. Klimkin p. 419  abstract

On the Mechanism of Limitation of the Frequency-Energy Characteristics of Metal Vapor Lasers

A. N. Soldatov, N. A. Yudin, Yu. P. Polunin, and N. N. Yudin p. 424  abstract

Study of a High-Frequency Copper Bromide Vapor Active Medium in the Superradiance Mode

S. N. Torgaev, I. S. Musorov, M. V. Trigub, and G. S. Evtushenko p. 431  abstract