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

About this book

Collection of lectures given at ISSAOS-2000, L'Aquila, Italy.

Contents

Contributors.- Acknowledgements.- 1: 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.- 2: 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.- 3: Ocean Remote Sensing by Microwave and Visible-Infrared Sensors. Sea Modeling by Microwave Altimetry.- Sea Scatterometry.- Sea Surface Characterization by Combined Data.- 4: Data Assimilation and Remote Sensing Programs. Mesocale Modeling and Methods Applications.- COST Action 712: Microwave Radiometry.

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