Signatur:
AWI A14-00-0108
Beschreibung / Inhaltsverzeichnis:
Contents: Preface. - 1 Introduction. - 1.1History of Satellite Meteorology. - 1.2 Scope of the Book. - Bibliography. - 2 Orbits and Navigation. - 2.1 Newton's Laws. - 2.2 Keplerian Orbits. - 2.3 Orbit Perturbations. - 2.4 Meteorological Satellite Orbits. - 2.5 Satellite Positioning, Tracking, and Navigation. - 2.6 Space-Time Sampling. - 2.7 Launch Vehicles and Profiles. - Bibliography. - 3 Radiative Transfer. - 3.1 Basic Quantities. - 3.2 Blackbody Radiation. - 3.3 The Radiative Transfer Equation. - 3.4 Gaseous Absorption. - 3.5 Scattering. - 3.6 Surface Reflection. - 3.7 Solar Radiation. - Bibliography. - 4 Meteorological Satellite Instrumentation. - 4.1 Operational Polar-Orbiting Satellites. - 4.2 Operational Geostationary Satellites. - 4.3 Other Satellite Instruments. - 4.4 Satellite Data Archives. - Bibliography. - 5 Image Interpretation. - 5.1 Satellite Imagery. - 5.2 Spectral Properties. - 5.3 Image Enhancement Techniques. - 5.4 Geolocation and Calibration. - 5.5 Atmospheric and Surface Phenomena. - 5.6 A Final Note. - Bibliography. - 6 Temperature and Trace Gases. - 6.1 Sounding Theory. - 6.2 Retrieval Methods. - 6.3 Operational Retrievals. - 6.4 Limb Sounding Retrievals. - 6.5 Ozone and Other Gases. - 6.6 The Split-Window Technique. - Bibliography. - 7 Winds. - 7.1 Cloud and Vapor Tracking. - 7.2 Winds from Soundings. - 7.3 Ocean Surface Winds. - 7.4 Doppler Wind Measurements. - Bibliography. - 8 Clouds and Aerosols. - 8.1 Clouds from Sounders. - 8.2 Clouds from Imagers. - 8.3 Clouds from Microwave Radiometry. - 8.4 Stratospheric Aerosols. - 8.5 Tropospheric Aerosols. - Bibliography. - 9 Precipitation. - 9.1 Visible and Infrared Techniques. - 9.2 Passive Microwave Techniques. - 9.3 Radar. - 9.4 Severe Thunderstorms. - Bibliography. - 10 Earth Radiation Budget. - 10.1 The Solar Constant. - 10.2 Top of the Atmosphere Radiation Budget. - 10.3 Surface Radiation Budget. - Bibliography. - 11 The Future. - 11.1 NOAA K, L, M. - 11.2 Mission to Planet Earth. - 11.3 Other Possibilities. - 11.4 A Final Comment. - Bibliography. - Appendix. - A List of Meteorological Satellites. - ? Abbreviations. - ? Principal Symbols. - D Systeme International Units. - E Physical Constants. - Index.
Materialart:
Monographie ausleihbar
Seiten:
X, 466 S. : Ill. graph. Darst., Kt.
ISBN:
0124064302
Zweigbibliothek:
AWI Bibliothek
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