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Surface Waves and Fluxes

Volume II — Remote Sensing

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  • © 1990

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Editors:
  1. G. L. Geernaert

    1. Space Systems and Technology Department, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

  2. W. L. Plant

    1. Ocean Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

Part of the book series: Environmental Fluid Mechanics (EFME, volume 8)

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During the Conference on Air-Sea Interaction in January 1986, it was suggested to me by David Larner of Reidel Press that it may be timely for an updated compendium of air-sea interaction theory to be organized, developed, and published. Many new results were emerging at the time, i.e., results from the MARSEN, MAS EX, MILDEX, and TOWARD field projects (among others) were in the process of being reported and/or published. Further, a series of new experiments such as FASINEX and HEXOS were soon to be conducted in which new strides in our knowledge of air-sea fluxes would be made. During the year following the discussions with David Larner, it became apparent that many of the advances in air-sea interaction theory during the 1970s and 1980s were associated with sponsor investments in satellite oceanography and, in particular, remote sensing research. Since ocean surface remote sensing, e.g., scatterometry and SAR, requires intimate knowledge of ocean surface dynamics, advances in remote sensing capabilities required coordinated research in air-sea fluxes, wave state, scattering theory, sensor design, and data exploitation using environmental models. Based on this interplay of disciplines, it was decided that this book be devoted to air­ sea interaction and remote sensing as multi-disciplinary activities.

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Table of contents (9 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-viii
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  2. Quasi-Specular Scattering from the Air-Sea Interface

    • Gary S. Brown
    Pages 1-39

  3. Bragg Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves from the Air/Sea Interface

    • William J. Plant
    Pages 41-108

  4. Electromagnetic Scattering from the Sea at Low Grazing Angles

    • Lewis B. Wetzel
    Pages 109-171

  5. Dependence of Radar Backscatter on Environmental Parameters

    • W. J. Pierson Jr.
    Pages 173-220

  6. Microwave Techniques for Measuring Directional Wave Spectra

    • F. C. Jackson, D. R. Lyzenga
    Pages 221-264

  7. Passive Microwave Remote Sensing of Ocean Surface Wind Speed

    • Calvin T. Swift
    Pages 265-292

  8. Remote Sensing of Surface Turbulence Heat Flux

    • W. T. Liu
    Pages 293-309

  9. Satellite Remote Sensing of Sea Surface Temperature

    • Eni G. Njoku
    Pages 311-338

  10. Parameterization Schemes and Models for Estimating the Surface Radiation Budget

    • K. B. Katsaros
    Pages 339-368

  11. Back Matter

    Pages 369-373
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Editors and Affiliations

  • Space Systems and Technology Department, Naval Research Laboratory, USA

    G. L. Geernaert

  • Ocean Engineering Department, Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution, USA

    W. L. Plant

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Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Surface Waves and Fluxes

  • Book Subtitle: Volume II — Remote Sensing

  • Editors: G. L. Geernaert, W. L. Plant

  • Series Title: Environmental Fluid Mechanics

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0627-3

  • Publisher: Springer Dordrecht

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Kluwer Academic Publishers 1990

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-94-010-6769-0Published: 20 September 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-94-009-0627-3Published: 11 November 2013

  • Series ISSN: 1567-7419

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: 352

  • Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Oceanography, Atmospheric Sciences

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