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Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing
Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications
Covers well-established instrument measurement techniques and observing strategies (i.e., intensive campaigns) utilized in remotely sensed environmental satellite data applications
Nicholas R. Nalli (Edited by)
9780128239537
Paperback, published 28 September 2022
458 pages, 300 illustrations (150 in full color)
23.5 x 19 x 2.9 cm, 1.22 kg
Approx.438 pages
1. Introduction: Field Measurements and Remote Sensing Part I: Instrumentation 2. Balloon-Borne Radiosondes 3. Frost Point Hygrometers 4. Ozonesondes 5. Oceanographic buoys: providing ocean data to assess the accuracy of variables derived from satellite measurements 6. Surface-Based Thermal Infrared Spectrometers 7. Sun photometers 8. AirCore Part II: Intensive Campaigns 9. High-Altitude Aircraft Radiometric Calibration-Validation Campaigns 10. Aircraft Dropsonde Campaigns 11. Ship-Based Cal/Val Campaigns 12. Land-Based Cal/Val Campaigns 13. Aircraft Vertical Profile Measurements for Evaluation of Satellite Retrievals of Long-Lived Trace Gases 14. Campaign Situational Awareness from Satellite Data Part III: Satellite Applications 15. On-Orbit VIIRS Sensor Calibration and Validation in Reflective Solar Bands (RSB) 16. NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS) 17. Satellite Microwave Sounder Product Retrieval Validation 18. Considerations for Satellite Infrared Sounder Applications 19. Sea Surface Temperature Validation and Blended Analysis 20. Satellite Ocean Color Validation 21. Land Surface Temperature Validation 22. Heterogeneity of Smoke from Fires: Evaluation of VIIRS Smoke Detection Using FIREX-AQ Field Campaign Data 23. Downburst Monitoring and Prediction Studies
Subject Areas: Meteorology & climatology [RBP], Atmospheric physics [PHVJ]