Vol. 29, No. 6, 2016

Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics

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Distributed worldwide by Springer. Atmospheric and Oceanic Optics ISSN 1024-8560.

Optics of Stochastically-Heterogeneous Media

The Mode Conversion of Structurally Stable Vector Beams Propagating through Free Space Optical Channels

T. I. Arsenyan, E. A. Babanin, O. M. Vokhnik, A. M. Zotov, A. F. Mardanov, and N. A. Suhareva p. 483 abstract

Optics of Clusters, Aerosols, and Hydrosoles

Optical-Microphysical and Physical-Chemical Characteristics of Siberian Biomass Burning: Experiments in Aerosol Chamber

O. B. Popovicheva, V. S. Kozlov, R. F. Rakhimov, V. P. Shmargunov, E. D. Kireeva, N. M. Persiantseva, M. A. Timofeev, G. Engling, K. Eleftheriadis, E. Diapouli, M. V. Panchenko, R. Zimmermann, and J. Schnelle-Kreis p. 492 abstract

Quasiperiodic Saltation in the Windsand Flux over Desertified Areas

G. I. Gorchakov, A. V. Karpov, G. A. Kuznetsov, and D. V. Buntov p. 501 abstract

Material and Elemental Composition of Surface Aerosols on the North-Western Coast of the Kandalaksha Bay of the White Sea

D. P. Starodymova, V. P. Shevchenko, V. P. Sivonen, and V. V. Sivonen p. 507 abstract

Simulation of Nanoparticle Thermal Diffusion in Dense Gases and Fluids by the Molecular Dynamics Method

V. Ya. Rudyak and S. L. Krasnolutskii p. 512 abstract

Remote Sensing of Atmosphere, Hydrosphere, and Underlying Surface

Multifrequency Lidar Sensing of Atmospheric Aerosol under Conditions of Information Uncertainty

S. A. Lysenko, M. M. Kugeiko, and V. V. Khomich p. 516 abstract

Studying the Accuracy of the Algorithm for Retrieving the Surface Albedo with High Spatial Resolution from a Fragment of a Satellite Image

O. V. Nikolaeva p. 526 abstract

Three Algorithms of Statistical Modeling in Problems of Optical Communication on Scattered Radiation and Bistatic Sensing

V. V. Belov and M. V. Tarasenkov p. 533 abstract

Atmospheric Radiation, Optical Weather, and Climate

Analysis of Siberian River Runoffs in the 21st Century

V. I. Kuzin and N. A. Lapteva p. 541 abstract

Anomalous Wildfires in 2010 and 2012 on the Territory of Russia and Supply of Black Carbon to the Arctic

A. A. Vinogradova, N. S. Smirnov, and V. N. Korotkov p. 545 abstract

Causes and Factors of Positive Surface Ozone Anomalies in the Moscow Region and on the Southeastern Coast of the Crimea

A. M. Zvyagintsev, I. N. Kuznetsova, I. Yu. Shalygina, V. A. Lapchenko, N. E. Brusova, A. A. Arkhangelskaya, N. V. Tereb, and E. A. Lezina p. 551 abstract

Calculation of the Turbulent Friction Velocity in a Mathematical Model of an Urban Heat Island in a Stably Stratified Environment

L. I. Kurbatskaya and A. F. Kurbatskii p. 561 abstract

Numerical Analysis of Atmospheric Circulation and Pollution Transfer in the Environs of Norilsk Industrial Region

A. A. Lezhenin, V. F. Raputa, and T. V. Yaroslavtseva p. 565 abstract

Numerical Model of Bioaerosol Transformation in the Atmosphere

A. V. Penenko, A. A. Sorokovoy, and K. E. Sorokovaya p. 570 abstract

Optical Sources and Receivers for Environmental Studies

High-Power Gas-Discharge Excimer ArF, KrCl, KrF, and XeCl Lasers on Buffer-Gas Free Gas Mixtures

A. M. Razhev, E. S. Kargapoltsev, and D. S. Churkin p. 575 abstract

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