UNL-VRTM, a testbed for aerosol remote sensing: model developments and applications -- Scattering of radiation and simple approaches to radiative transfer in thermal engineering and biomedical applications -- Bio-optical properties of terrestrial snow and ice -- Accurate determination of the size and mass of polymers, nanoparticles, and fine bubbles in water -- Radiative properties of atmospheric black carbon (soot) particles with complex structures -- Multiple scattering of polarized light in slab or plane media: Mueller matrix representation and polarization parameters in two dimensions -- Speckle correlation based single-shot wide-field imaging.This book describes recent advances in radiative transfer, atmospheric remote sensing, polarization optics of random media, and light scattering. It is a valuable resource for anyone involved in light scattering research. Providing numerous step-by-step tutorials, it allows readers to quickly learn about various aspects of theoretical and experimental light scattering media optics. The book features among others a chapter on aerosol remote sensing that helps readers to define and solve various aerosol remote sensing problems.