Progress in Photothermal and Photoacoustic Science and Technology, Volume III: Life and Earth Sciences (SPIE Press Monograph Vol. PM41) (Progress in ... Photoacoustic Science and Technology, V. 3)

This volume examines progress in the fields of life and earth sciences. It opens with a historical overview and goes on to describe the evolution of PPST authority and the evolution of PPST into a growing arsenal of interwoven diagnostic principles, tools, and techniques.

Contents:
- Historical Perspective
- The Photoacoustic Effect in Photosynthesis
- Time-Resolved Photothermal Studies with Biological Supramolecular Systems
- Applications in Plant Physiology, Entomology and Microbiology; Gas Exchange Measurements Based upon Spectral Selectivity
- Applications of Photoacoustic and Photothermal Non-Contact Methods in Selected Areas of Environmental and Agricultural Sciences
- Applications of Photothermal Calorimetry in Agriculture, Medicine and Environmental Sciences
- Pulsed Laser Resonant Photoacoustics/Applications to Trace Gas Analysis
- Detection of Pollutants in Liquids and Gases
- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Gases: Techniques, Results and Applications
- Optoacoustics of Oceans
- Pulsed Photothermal Radiometry of Inhomogeneous Tissue
- Detection of Pollutants in Liquids and Gases
- Photoacoustic Spectroscopy of Atmospheric Gases: Techniques, Results and Applications
- Optoacoustics of Oceans
- Pulsed Photothermal Radiometry of Inhomogenous Tissue
- Author Biographies and Photographs
- Acknowledgments
- Index