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001 2013048911
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008 131216s2014 nyua b 001 0 eng
010 $a 2013048911
020 $a9781107019386 (hardback)
040 $aDLC$beng$erda$cDLC
042 $apcc
050 00 $aGC10.4.R4$bM375 2014
082 00 $a551.46028/7$223
084 $aTEC036000$2bisacsh
100 1 $aMartin, Seelye,$d1940-
245 13 $aAn introduction to ocean remote sensing /$cSeelye Martin, School of Oceanography, University of Washington.
250 $aSecond edition.
264 1 $aNew York :$bCambridge University Press,$c2014.
300 $axxvii, 496 pages :$billustrations ;$c26 cm
336 $atext$2rdacontent
337 $aunmediated$2rdamedia
338 $avolume$2rdacarrier
520 $a"Fully updated, with significant new coverage of advances in satellite oceanography and results from new satellite missions, the second edition of this popular textbook introduces students to how remote sensing works, how to understand observations from Earth-observing systems, and the observations' importance to physical and biological oceanography. It provides full explanations of radiative transfer, ocean surface properties, satellite orbits, instruments and methods, visible remote sensing of biogeochemical properties, infrared and microwave retrieval of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity retrieval, passive microwave measurements, scatterometer wind retrieval, altimetry and SAR. This new edition now also includes descriptions of the online archives where data can be obtained, and where readers can obtain online tools for working with the data - enabling hands-on engagement with real-world observations. This is an ideal textbook for graduate and advanced undergraduate students taking courses in oceanography, remote sensing and environmental science, and provides a practical resource for researchers and Earth science professionals working with oceanographic satellite data"--$cProvided by publisher.
504 $aIncludes bibliographical references (pages 458-488) and index.
505 8 $aMachine generated contents note: Preface; List of chemical symbols; List of mathematical symbols; List of abbreviations and acronyms; 1. Background; 2. Ocean surface phenomena; 3. Electromagnetic radiation; 4. Atmospheric properties and radiative transfer; 5. Reflection, transmission and absorption at the atmosphere/ocean interface; 6. Ocean color; 7. Infrared observations of sea surface temperature (SST); 8. Introduction to microwave imagers; 9. Passive microwave observations of the atmosphere and ocean surface; 10. Introduction to radars; 11. Scatterometers; 12. The altimeter; 13. Imaging radars; 14. Other missions: the gravity missions, ICESat-1 and -2, CryoSat-2, SMOS, Aquarius/SAC-D; Appendix: useful data tables; References; Index.
650 0 $aOceanography$xRemote sensing.
650 7 $aTECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems.$2bisacsh
856 42 $3Cover image$uhttp://assets.cambridge.org/97811070/19386/cover/9781107019386.jpg