| Preface |
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| 1 Introduction |
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1.1 Types and Classes of Remote Sensing Data |
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1.2 Brief History of Remote Sensing |
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1.3 Remote Sensing Space Platforms |
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1.4 Transmission Through the Earth and Planetary Atmospheres |
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| 2 Nature and Properties of Electromagnetic Waves |
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2.1 Fundamental Properties of Electromagnetic Waves |
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2.1.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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2.1.2 Maxwell's Equations |
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2.1.3 Wave Equation and Solution |
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2.1.4 Quantum Properties of Electromagnetic Radiation |
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2.1.7 Group and Phase Velocity |
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2.2 Nomenclature and Definition of Radiation Quantities |
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2.2.1 Radiation Quantities |
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2.2.2 Spectral Quantities |
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2.2.3 Luminous Quantities |
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2.3 Generation of Electromagnetic Radiation |
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2.4 Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation |
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2.5 Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Matter: Quick Overview |
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2.6 Interaction Mechanisms Throughout the Electromagnetic Spectrum |
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References and Further Reading |
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| 3 Solid Surfaces Sensing in the Visible and Near Infrared |
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3.1 Source Spectral Characteristics |
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3.2 Wave-Surface Interaction Mechanisms |
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3.2.1 Reflection, Transmission, and Scattering |
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3.2.2 Vibrational Processes |
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3.2.3 Electronic Processes |
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3.3 Signature of Solid Surface Materials |
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3.3.1 Signature of Geologic Materials |
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3.3.2 Signature of Biologic Materials |
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3.3.3 Depth of Penetration |
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3.4 Passive Imaging Sensors |
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3.5 Types of Imaging Systems |
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3.6 Description of Some Visible/Infrared Imaging Sensors |
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3.6.1 Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) |
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3.6.2 Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) |
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3.6.3 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) |
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3.6.4 Mars Exploration Rover Panchromatic Camera (Pancam) |
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3.6.5 Cassini Imaging Instrument |
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3.6.6 Juno Imaging System |
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3.6.7 Europa Imaging System |
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3.6.8 Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) |
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3.6.9 Chandrayaan Imaging Spectrometer M3 |
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3.6.10 Sentinel Multispectral Imager |
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3.6.11 Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) |
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3.8 Surface Sensing at Very Short Wavelengths |
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3.9.1 Detection and Delineation |
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References and Further Reading |
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| 4 Solid-Surface Sensing: Thermal Infrared |
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4.1 Thermal Radiation Laws |
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4.1.1 Emissivity of Natural Terrain |
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4.1.2 Emissivity from the Sun and Planetary Surfaces |
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4.2 Heat Conduction Theory |
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4.3 Effect of Periodic Heating |
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4.4 Use of Thermal Emission in Surface Remote Sensing |
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4.4.1 Surface Heating by the Sun |
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4.4.2 Effect of Surface Cover |
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4.4.3 Separation of Surface Units Based on Their Thermal Signature |
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4.4.4 Example of Application in Geology |
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4.4.5 Effects of Clouds on Thermal Infrared Sensing |
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4.5 Use of Thermal Infrared Spectral Signature in Sensing |
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4.6 Thermal Infrared Sensors |
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4.6.1 Heat Capacity Mapping Radiometer |
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4.6.2 Thermal Infrared Multispectral Scanner |
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4.6.3 ASTER Thermal Infrared Imager |
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4.6.4 Spitzer Space Telescope |
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4.6.5 2001 Mars Odyssey Thermal Emission Imaging System (THEMIS) |
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4.6.6 Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) |
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References and Further Reading |
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| 5 Solid-Surface Sensing: Microwave Emission |
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5.1 Power-Temperature Correspondence |
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5.2 Simple Microwave Radiometry Models |
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5.2.1 Effects of Polarization |
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5.2.2 Effects of the Observation Angle |
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5.2.3 Effects of the Atmosphere |
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5.2.4 Effects of Surface Roughness |
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5.3 Applications and Use in Surface Sensing |
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5.3.1 Application in Polar Ice Mapping |
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5.3.2 Application in Soil Moisture Mapping |
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5.3.3 Measurement Ambiguity |
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5.4 Description of Microwave Radiometers |
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5.4.1 Antenna and Scanning Configuration for Real-Aperture Radiometers |
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5.4.2 Synthetic Aperture Radiometers |
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5.4.3 Receiver Subsystems |
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5.5 Examples of Developed Radiometers |
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5.5.1 Scanning Multichannel Microwave Radiometer (SMMR) |
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5.5.2 Special Sensor Microwave Imager (SSM/I) |
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5.5.3 Tropical Rainfall Mapping Mission Microwave Imager (TMI) |
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| 6 Solid-Surface Sensing: Microwave and Radio Frequencies |
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6.1 Surface Interaction Mechanism |
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6.1.1 Surface Scattering Models |
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6.1.2 Absorption Losses and Volume Scattering |
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6.1.3 Effects of Polarization |
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6.1.4 Effects of the Frequency |
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6.1.5 Effects of the Incidence Angle |
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6.1.6 Scattering from Natural Terrain |
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6.2 Basic Principles of Radar Sensors |
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6.2.1 Antenna Beam Characteristics |
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6.2.2 Signal Properties: Spectrum |
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6.2.3 Signal Properties: Modulation |
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6.2.4 Range Measurements and Discrimination |
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6.2.5 Doppler (Velocity) Measurement and Discrimination |
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6.2.6 High-Frequency Signal Generation |
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6.3 Imaging Sensors: Real Aperture Radars |
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6.3.7 Geometric Distortion |
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6.4 Imaging Sensors: Synthetic Aperture Radars |
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6.4.1 Synthetic Array Approach |
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6.4.2 Focused vs. Unfocused SAR |
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6.4.3 Doppler Synthesis Approach |
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6.4.4 SAR Imaging Coordinate System |
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6.4.5 Ambiguities and Artifacts |
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6.4.6 Point Target Response |
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6.4.7 Correlation with Point Target Response |
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6.4.8 Advanced SAR Techniques |
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6.4.9 Description of SAR Sensors and Missions |
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6.4.10 Applications of Imaging Radars |
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6.5 Nonimaging Radar Sensors: Scatterometers |
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6.5.1 Examples of Scatterometer Instruments |
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6.5.2 Examples of Scatterometer Data |
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6.6 Nonimaging Radar Sensors: Altimeters |
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6.6.1 Examples of Altimeter Instruments |
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6.6.2 Altimeter Applications |
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6.6.4 Wide Swath Ocean Altimeter |
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6.7 Nonconventional Radar Sensors |
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| 7 Ocean Surface Sensing |
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7.1 Physical Properties of the Ocean Surface |
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7.2 Mapping of the Ocean Topography |
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7.2.2 Surface Wave Effects |
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7.2.3 Surface Wind Effects |
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7.2.4 Dynamic Ocean Topography |
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7.2.5 Ancillary Measurements |
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7.3.1 Observations Required |
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7.4 Ocean Surface Imaging |
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7.4.1 Radar Imaging Mechanisms |
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7.4.2 Examples of Ocean Features on Radar Images |
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7.4.4 Ocean Color Mapping |
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7.4.5 Ocean Surface Temperature Mapping |
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7.4.6 Ocean Salinity Mapping |
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| 8 Basic Principles of Atmospheric Sensing and Radiative Transfer |
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8.1 Physical Properties of the Atmosphere |
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8.2 Atmospheric Composition |
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8.3 Particulates and Clouds |
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8.4 Wave Interaction Mechanisms in Planetary Atmospheres |
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8.4.1 Resonant Interactions |
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8.4.2 Spectral Line Shape |
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8.4.3 Nonresonant Absorption |
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8.4.4 Nonresonant Emission |
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8.4.5 Wave Particle Interaction, Scattering |
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8.6 Radiative Transfer Equation |
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8.7 Case of a Nonscattering Plane Parallel Atmosphere |
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8.8 Basic Concepts of Atmospheric Remote Sounding |
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8.8.1 Basic Concept of Temperature Sounding |
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8.8.2 Basic Concept for Composition Sounding |
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8.8.3 Basic Concept for Pressure Sounding |
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8.8.4 Basic Concept of Density Measurement |
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8.8.5 Basic Concept of Wind Measurement |
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| 9 Atmospheric Remote Sensing in the Microwave Region |
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9.1 Microwave Interactions with Atmospheric Gases |
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9.2 Basic Concept of Downlooking Sensors |
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9.2.1 Temperature Sounding |
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9.2.2 Constituent Density Profile: Case of Water Vapor |
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9.3 Basic Concept for Uplooking Sensors |
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9.4 Basic Concept for Limblooking Sensors |
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9.6 Basic Elements of Passive Microwave Sensors |
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9.7 Surface Pressure Sensing |
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9.8 Atmospheric Sounding by Occultation |
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9.9 Microwave Scattering by Atmospheric Particles |
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9.10 Radar Sounding of Rain |
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9.11 Radar Equation for Precipitation Measurement |
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9.12 The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) |
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9.15 Cassini Microwave Radiometer |
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9.16 Juno Microwave Radiometer (MWR) |
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| 10 Millimeter and Submillimeter Sensing of Atmospheres |
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10.1 Interaction with Atmospheric Constituents |
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440 | (2) |
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10.2 Downlooking Sounding |
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10.4 Elements of a Millimeter Sounder |
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10.5 Submillimeter Atmospheric Sounder |
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| 11 Atmospheric Remote Sensing in the Visible and Infrared |
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11.1 Interaction of Visible and Infrared Radiation with the Atmosphere |
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458 | (8) |
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11.1.1 Visible and Near-Infrared Radiation |
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458 | (3) |
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11.1.2 Thermal Infrared Radiation |
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11.1.3 Resonant Interactions |
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11.1.4 Effects of Scattering by Particulates |
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11.2 Downlooking Sounding |
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11.2.1 General Formulation for Emitted Radiation |
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11.2.2 Temperature Profile Sounding |
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11.2.3 Simple Case Weighting Functions |
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11.2.4 Weighting Functions for Off-Nadir Observations |
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11.2.5 Composition Profile Sounding |
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11.3.1 Limb Sounding by Emission |
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11.3.2 Limb Sounding by Absorption |
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11.3.3 Illustrative Example: Pressure Modulator Radiometer |
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11.3.4 Illustrative Example: Fourier Transform Spectroscopy |
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11.4 Sounding of Atmospheric Motion |
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11.4.1 Passive Techniques |
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11.4.2 Passive Imaging of Velocity Field: Helioseismology |
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11.4.3 Multi-Angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer (MISR) |
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11.4.4 Multi-Angle Imager for Aerosols (MAIA) |
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488 | (1) |
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11.5 Laser Measurement of Wind |
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11.6 Atmospheric Sensing at Very Short Wavelengths |
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492 | (5) |
| 12 Ionospheric Sensing |
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12.1 Properties of Planetary Ionospheres |
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12.2 Wave Propagation in Ionized Media |
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12.3 Ionospheric Profile Sensing by Topside Sounding |
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12.4 Ionospheric Profile by Radio Occultation |
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| Appendix A: Use of Multiple Sensors for Surface Observations |
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| Appendix B: Summary of Orbital Mechanics Relevant to Remote Sensing |
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| Appendix C: Simplified Weighting Functions |
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| Appendix D: Compression of a Linear FM Chirp Signal |
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| Index |
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