Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing Vol. 1: Science and Instruments /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Qu, John J. (Editor), Gao, Wei (Editor), Kafatos, Menas (Editor), Murphy, Robert E. (Editor), Salomonson, Vincent V. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Geography.; Earth sciences.; Geophysics.; Remote sensing.; Space sciences.; Nature conservation.; Air pollution.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Atmospheric Protection/Air Quality Control/Air Pollution.; Nature Conservation.; Earth Sciences, general.; Extraterrestrial Physics, Space Sciences.
• Physical Description: XXIII, 418 p. online resource.
• ISBN: 9783540372936

Satellite remote sensing for Earth science data has been rapidly expanding during the last decade. Volume 1 of this two volume monograph covers missions/sensors, such as Sea-viewing Wide Field-of-view Sensor (SeaWiFS), Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), Total Ozone Mapping Spectrometer (TOMS), Atmospheric Infrared Sounder (AIRS), and Advanced Microwave Sounding Unit (AMSU). It also discusses the NPOESS and NPP missions. Emphasis was placed on the recently launched Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) on board of both Terra and Aqua. Some key MODIS science team members were invited to contribute several chapters. The core of this monograph arose from the workshop for Earth Science Satellite Remote Sensing held at George Mason University (GMU) in October 2002. Both volumes are designed to give scientists and graduate students with limited remote sensing background a thorough introduction to current and future NASA, NOAA and other Earth science remote sensing missions.