An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing
eBook - PDF

An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing

  1. English
  2. PDF
  3. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing

About this book

Fully updated, with significant new coverage of advances in satellite oceanography and results from new satellite missions, the second edition of this popular textbook introduces students to how remote sensing works, how to understand observations from Earth-observing systems, and the observations' importance to physical and biological oceanography. It provides full explanations of radiative transfer, ocean surface properties, satellite orbits, instruments and methods, visible remote sensing of biogeochemical properties, infrared and microwave retrieval of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity retrieval, passive microwave measurements, scatterometer wind retrieval, altimetry and SAR. Also included are descriptions of the online archives where data can be obtained, and readers can obtain online tools for working with the data - enabling hands-on engagement with real-world observations. This is an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students in oceanography, remote sensing and environmental science, and a practical resource for researchers and professionals working with oceanographic satellite data.

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Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half title
  3. Title
  4. Copyright
  5. Dedication
  6. Contents
  7. Preface
  8. Chemical symbols
  9. Mathematical symbols
  10. Abbreviations and acronyms
  11. 1 Background
  12. 2 Ocean surface phenomena
  13. 3 Electromagnetic radiation
  14. 4 Atmospheric properties and radiative transfer
  15. 5 Reflection, transmission and absorption at the atmosphere/ocean interface
  16. 6 Ocean color
  17. 7 Infrared observations of sea surface temperature (SST)
  18. 8 Introduction to microwave imagers
  19. 9 Passive microwave observations of the atmosphere and ocean surface
  20. 10 Introduction to radars
  21. 11 Scatterometers
  22. 12 The altimeter
  23. 13 Imaging radars
  24. 14 Other instruments: the gravity missions, ICESat-1 and -2, CryoSat-2, SMOS and Aquarius/SAC-D
  25. Appendix
  26. References
  27. Index