An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing

Covering significant new advances in satellite oceanography, this new edition introduces remote sensing for graduate and advanced undergraduate students.

Seelye Martin (Author)

9781107019386, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 27 March 2014

521 pages, 235 b/w illus. 24 colour illus. 38 tables
25.2 x 18.2 x 2.8 cm, 1.21 kg

'This complex book has been written by a practitioner who is aware of the requirements of the user, but he presents the required information in a concise and yet accessible form.' Averil Leaver, Open University Geological Society Journal

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.

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.

Subject Areas: Earth sciences [RB], Earth sciences, geography, environment, planning [R], Biology, life sciences [PS], Mathematics & science [P]