Remote Sensing of Atmosphere and Ocean from Space: Models, Instruments and Techniques

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Marzano, Frank S. (Editor), Visconti, Guido (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Dordrecht : Springer Netherlands, 2002.
• Series: Advances in Global Change Research ; 13
• Subjects: Environment.; Oceanography.; Atmospheric sciences.; Environmental sciences.; Ecotoxicology.; Environment, general.; Environmental Science and Engineering.; Atmospheric Sciences.

This book is a collection of the lectures, held at the International Summer School ISSAOS-2000 in L'Aquila (Italy), given by invited lecturers coming from both Europe and the USA. The goal of the book is to provide a broad panorama of spaceborne remote sensing techniques, at both microwave and...

Table of Contents:

• Models and Inversion Methods for Remote Sensing
• Atmospheric Backscatter and Lidars
• Precipitation Modeling for Inversion Purposes
• Profile Retrieval Estimation Techniques
• Bayesian Techniques in Remote Sensing
• Atmospheric Remote Sensing by Microwave and Visible-Infrared Sensors
• Atmospheric Temperature Analysis Using Microwave Radiometry
• Microwave Limb Sounding
• Retrieval of Integrated Water Vapour and Cloud Liquid Water Contents
• Precipitation Retrieval From Spaceborne Microwave Radiometers and Combined Sensors
• Clouds and Rainfall by Visible-Infrared Radiometry
• Tropospheric Aerosols by Passive Radiometry
• Ocean Remote Sensing by Microwave and Visible-Infrared Sensors
• Sea Modeling by Microwave Altimetry
• Sea Scatterometry
• Sea Surface Characterization by Combined Data
• Data Assimilation and Remote Sensing Programs
• Mesoscale Modeling and Methods Applications
• COST Action 712: Microwave Radiometry.