Contents

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

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Vol. 30, No. 5, 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.

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Optical Waves Propagation

The Effect of Stimulated Mandelstam–Brillouin Scattering on Angular Divergence of a Laser Beam in the Air

A. D. Bulygin, A. A. Zemlyanov, A. B. Ignat’ev and V. V. Morozov p. 405  abstract

Simulation of Information Transfer through Atmospheric Channels of Scattered Laser Radiation Propagation

M. V. Tarasenkov, V. V. Belov and E. S. Poznakharev p. 412  abstract

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Spectroscopy of Ambient Medium

Line Broadening of Carbon Oxide in the Volume of Aerogel Nanopores

V. I. Starikov and A. A. Solodov p. 417  abstract

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Optics of Stochastically-Heterogeneous Media

Retrieval of Crosswind Velocity Based on the Analysis of Remote Object Images: Part 1 — Drift of a Thin Layer of Turbulent Inhomogeneities

V. V. Dudorov and A. S. Eremina p. 422  abstract

Experimental Study of the Influence of Optical Characteristics of a Medium on the Image Quality in Optoelectronic Systems with Backscattered Noise Signal Selection

V. V. Belov, V. N. Abramochkin, Yu. V. Gridnev, A. N. Kudryavtsev, V. S. Kozlov, R. F. Rakhimov, V. P. Shmargunov and M. V. Tarasenkov p. 429  abstract

Parameterization of Asymmetry Factor of Atmospheric Aerosol Scattering Phase Function

M. A. Sviridenkov, E. F. Mikhailov and E. Yu. Nebos’ko p. 435  abstract

Features of Light Absorption by an Ensemble of Microcapsules

Yu. E. Geints, E. K. Panina and A. A. Zemlyanov p. 441  abstract

Estimates of a Midge Contribution to the Extinction of Optical Radiation in Background Summer Conditions of Western Siberia

N. N. Shchelkanov and V. N. Uzhegov p. 446  abstract

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Nonlinear Optics

Post-Filamentation Light Channels in Air

D. V. Apeksimov, A. A. Zemlyanov, A. M. Kabanov and A. N. Stepanov p. 451  abstract

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Optical Models and Databases

Analysis of Variations in the Saltating Sand Grain Transport Velocity

A. V. Karpov, R. A. Gushchin and O. I. Datsenko p. 456  abstract

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Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Underlying Surface

Remote Sounding and Mesoscale Synoptic Models in Studying the Urban Boundary Layer

V. P. Yushkov p. 462  abstract

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Optical Instrumentation

Laser Spectroscopy Methods in the Development of Laser Sensor Elements for Underwater Robotics

O. A. Bukin, A. Yu. Mayor, D. Yu. Proschenko, I. O. Bukin, V. V. Bolotov, A. A. Chekhlenok and S. A. Mun p. 475  abstract

Main Sources оf Uncertainties in Measuring Weak Near-Infrared Water Vapor Continuum Absorption with a Fourier Spectrometer with a Long Optical Path

Yu. N. Ponomarev, I. V. Ptashnik, A. A. Solodov and A. M. Solodov p. 481  abstract

Modification of the Experimental Setup of the FTIR Spectrometer and Thirty-meter Optical Cell for Measurements of Weak Selective and Nonselective Absorptions

A. M. Solodov, A. A. Solodov, V. M. Deichuli, A. N. Kuryak, K. Yu. Osipov, T. M. Petrova, Yu. N. Ponomarev and I. V. Ptashnik p. 485  abstract

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Optical Sources and Receivers for Environmental Studies

Europium Vapor Laser

V. O. Troitskii, V. G. Sokovikov, A. G. Filonov and D. V. Shiyanov p. 489  abstract

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