Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Earth

Physical Foundations

Eugene A. Sharkov (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XXV, 613 Seiten

2010 | 1. Softcover reprint of hardcover 1st ed. 2003
Springer Berlin (Verlag)
978-3-642-07880-4 (ISBN)

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This book represents the most comprehensive description of the physical foundations of methods and instruments in the fields of passive remote sensing applied to investigations of the Earth, Solar system bodies and space. Emphasis is placed on the physical aspects necessary to judge the possibilities and limitations of passive remote sensing methods in specific observation cases. Numerous practical applications and illustrations are given referring to airspace up-to-date experiments. Due to the lack in traditional separation on methods and instruments of remote sensing of the Earth and outerterrestrial space this book aims to supply more information in this field.

Scientific and applied rationales of remote sensing study - Spectral regions of electromagnetic waves.- Random (noise) signals and fields.- Noise signal measurements.- Thermal fluctuations.- Main characteristics of the emission field - Spectral intensity and flow.- Black-body and non-black-body radiations.- Physical models by calculation of radioemission of grey bodies.- Dielectric and emissive characteristics of terrestrial and planetary surfaces.- Foundations of radiation transfer.- Radiation transfer in diepersed media.- Selective radiation.- Emission of the atmosphere-surface system.- Inversion problems for passive microwave.- Passive microwave air-space missions.

From the reviews:

"This book provides a numerically rigorous treatment of passive microwave remote sensing, intended to be accessible to advanced undergraduate students, postgraduates and researchers. ... It is undoubtedly the best one-stop standard reference book currently available for anyone interested in passive microwave remote sensing ... . this book is a welcome addition to the remote sensing literature. ... it can be thoroughly recommended as a reference text for university libraries or remote sensing laboratories." (Meredith Williams, Geomatics World, Vol. 13 (1), November/December, 2004)

Erscheint lt. Verlag	3.12.2010
Reihe/Serie	Geophysical Sciences
Reihe/Serie	Springer Praxis Books
Zusatzinfo	XXV, 613 p.
Verlagsort	Berlin
Sprache	englisch
Maße	170 x 242 mm
Gewicht	1335 g
Themenwelt	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
	Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Hydrologie / Ozeanografie
Schlagworte	Disperse Mediums • Inversion Problems • Passive Microwave • Radiation Transfer • Radio-physical satellite instruments • Remote Sensing • Selective Radiation • Termal Emission
ISBN-10	3-642-07880-X / 364207880X
ISBN-13	978-3-642-07880-4 / 9783642078804
Zustand	Neuware