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An Introduction
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By
Stanley Kidder, The University of Alabama
Thomas Vonder Haar, Colorado State University
Included in series
International Geophysics,
Description
At last, a book that has what every atmospheric science and meteorology student should know about satellite meteorology: the orbits of
satellites, the instruments they carry, the radiation they detect, and, most importantly, the fundamental atmospheric data that can be
retrieved from their observations.
Audience
Graduate students in meteorology; researchers in atmospheric science; practicing meteorologists.
Contents
Introduction:
History of Satellite Meteorology. Scope of The Book.
Orbits and Navigation:
Newton's Laws.
Keplerian Orbits. Orbit Perturbations. Meteorological Satellite Orbits. Satellite Positioning, Tracking and Navigation. Space-Time Sampling.
Launch Vehicles and Profiles.
Radiative Transfer:
Basic Quantities. Blackbody Radiation. The Radiative Transfer Equation.
Gaseous Absorption. Scattering. Surface Reflection. Solar Radiation.
Meteorological SatelliteInstrumentation:
Operational
Polar-Orbiting Satellites. Operational Geostationary Satellites. Other Satellite Instruments. Satellite Data Archives.
Image
Interpretation:
Satellite Imagery. Spectral Properties. Image Enhancement Techniques. Geolocation and Calibration. Atmospheric
and Surface Phenomena. A Final Note.
Temperature and Trace Gases:
Sounding Theory. Retrieval Methods. Operational Retrievals.
Limb Sounding Retrievals. Ozone and Other Gases. The Split-Window Technique.
Winds:
Cloud and Vapor Tracking. Winds
from Soundings. Ocean Surface Winds. Doppler Wind Measurements.
Clouds and Aerosols:
Clouds from Sounders. Clouds from
Imagers. Clouds from Microwave Radiometry. Stratospheric Aerosols. Tropospheric Aerosols.
Precipitation:
Visible and
Infrared Techniques. Passive Microwave Techniques. Radar. Severe Thunderstorms.
Earth Radiation Budget:
The Solar Constant.
Top of the Atmosphere Radiation Budget. Surface Radiation Budget.
The Future:
NOAA K, L, M.Mission to Planet Earth.
Other Possibilities. A Final Comment. Appendixes: List of Meteorological Satellites. Abbreviations. Principal Symbols. Systeme International
Units. Physical Constants. Subject Index.
| Bibliographic details |
Hardbound, 466 pages, publication date: AUG-1995
ISBN-13: 978-0-12-406430-0
ISBN-10: 0-12-406430-2
Imprint: ACADEMIC PRESS
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