Space Oceanography: An Intensive Course

Cracknell, Arthur P (EDT)

World Scientific Publishing Co Pte Ltd（1992/09発売）

• 製本 Paperback:紙装版/ペーパーバック版／ページ数 404 p.
• 言語 ENG
• 商品コード 9789810205072

Full Description

The advent of Earth-observing satellites has revolutionised the gathering of oceanographic data and the visualisation of oceanographic processes. This course was for postgraduate students and young post-doctoral research workers and covered the instruments and satellite systems used to gather visible, infrared and microwave data over the oceans. It also covered the uses of these various types of data to provide information about ocean colour, biological productivity, surface temperature, currents and circulation patterns, near-surface windspeeds, bottom topography and the geoid.

Contents

Overview, T.D. Allan. Part 1 Systems and instruments: visible and infrared instruments, P.N. Slater; airborne systems, A.C.B. Roberts. Part 2 Data handling and atmosphere effects: image processing, N.J. Mulder; atmospheric sounding, F. Olesen; radiative transfer equation and visible and near-infrared data, S.M. Singh. Part 3 Extraction of oceanographic parameters: ocean colour, I.S. Robinson; sea surface temperatures, A.F.G. Fiuta; passive microwave results, P. Gudmandsen; altimetry, C. Rapley; scatterometry, winds and waves, T.H. Guymer; ground-based radars, E.D.R. Shearman; sea surface currents, W.G. Huang.