Oceanography from Space

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xvi

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2. Oceans from Space, a Once-a-Decade Review of Progress: Satellite Oceanography in a Changing World

   • Jim F. R. Gower

   Pages 1-12

3. Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of the Ocean: An Overview

   • Chelle L. Gentemann, Frank J. Wentz, Marty Brewer, Kyle Hilburn, Deborah Smith

   Pages 13-33

4. SMOS and Aquarius/SAC-D Missions: The Era of Spaceborne Salinity Measurements is About to Begin

   • Gary Lagerloef, Jordi Font

   Pages 35-58

5. Discoveries About Tropical Cyclones Provided by Microwave Remote Sensing

   • Kristina B. Katsaros

   Pages 59-71

6. Direct Surface Current Field Imaging from Space by Along-Track InSAR and Conventional SAR

   • Roland Romeiser, Johnny Johannessen, Bertrand Chapron, Fabrice Collard, Vladimir Kudryavtsev, Hartmut Runge et al.

   Pages 73-91

7. Scatterometer’s Unique Capability in Measuring Ocean Surface Stress

   • W. Timothy Liu, Xiaosu Xie, Wenqing Tang

   Pages 93-111

8. Interpretation of SAR Signatures of the Sea Surface: A Multi-sensor Approach

   • Leonid M. Mitnik, Vyacheslav A. Dubina

   Pages 113-130

9. Perspectives on Oil Spill Detection Using Synthetic Aperture Radar

   • Michele Vespe, Monica Posada, Guido Ferraro, Harm Greidanus

   Pages 131-145

10. Determining Ocean Circulation and Sea Level from Satellite Altimetry: Progress and Challenges

    • Lee-Lueng Fu

    Pages 147-163

11. Absolute Dynamic Topography from Altimetry: Status and Prospects in the Upcoming GOCE Era

    • Marie-Helene Rio

    Pages 165-179

12. The Marine Geoid and Satellite Altimetry

    • Walter H. F. Smith

    Pages 181-193

13. Oceanic Planetary Waves and Eddies: A Privileged View from Satellite Altimetry

    • Paolo Cipollini, Anna C. S. Sutcliffe, Ian S. Robinson

    Pages 195-209

14. Sea Surface Temperature Measurements from Thermal Infrared Satellite Instruments: Status and Outlook

    • Craig J. Donlon

    Pages 211-227

15. The Validation of Sea Surface Temperature Retrievals from Spaceborne Infrared Radiometers

    • Peter J. Minnett

    Pages 229-247

16. Use of TIR from Space in Operational Systems

    • Helen M. Beggs

    Pages 249-271

17. The Past, Present, and Future of the AVHRR Pathfinder SST Program

    • Kenneth S. Casey, Tess B. Brandon, Peter Cornillon, Robert Evans

    Pages 273-287

18. Some Reflections on Thirty­Five Years of Ocean Color Remote Sensing

    • Howard R. Gordon

    Pages 289-306

19. Field Radiometry and Ocean Color Remote Sensing

    • Giuseppe Zibordi, Kenneth J. Voss

    Pages 307-334

20. Forecasting the Coastal Optical Properties Using Satellite Ocean Color

    • Robert Arnone, Brandon Casey, Sherwin Ladner, Dong-Shang Ko

    Pages 335-348

To all those sailors / Who dreamed before us / Of another way to sail the oceans. The dedication of this Volume is meant to recall, and honour, the bold pioneers of ocean exploration, ancient as well as modern. As a marine scientist, dealing with the oceans through the complex tools, ?lters and mechanisms of contemporary research, I have always wondered what it was like, in centuries past, to look at that vast ho- zon with the naked eye, not knowing what was ahead, and yet to sail on. I have tried to imagine what ancient sailors felt, when “the unknown swirls around and engulfs the mind”, as a forgotten author simply described the brave, perhaps reckless, act of facing such a hostile, menacing and yet fascinating adventure. Innovation has always been the key element, I think, for their success: another way, a better way, a more effective, safer and worthier way was the proper answer to the challenge. The map of our world has been changed time and again, from the geographical as well as the social, economic and scienti?c points of view, by the new discoveries of those sailors. One of the positive qualities of human beings is without doubt the inborn desire to expand their horizons, to see what lies beyond, to learn and understand.

• AVHRR
• Coast
• Ocean
• Oceanography
• Radiometer
• ecosystem
• environment
• environmental monitoring
• geology
• marine
• remote sensing
• satellite
• sea level
• spatial data infrastructure
• temperature
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

• European Commission, TP272, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy

  Vittorio Barale

• Fisheries and Oceans Canada, Marine Environmental Quality Section, Institute of Ocean Sciences, Sidney, Canada

  J.F.R. Gower

• CNR, Istituto di Scienze Marine (ISMAR), Venezia, Italy

  L. Alberotanza

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