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Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas

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Editors:
  1. Vittorio Barale

    1. European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy

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  2. Martin Gade

    1. Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

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  • Focuses on the issues, peculiarities, and specific challenges of the Asian Seas
  • Offers a comprehensive and detailed review of Earth Observations’ potential
  • Includes a section devoted to multi-technique assessments of the marine environment
  • Is a continuation of the mini-series with earlier volumes on European Seas and African Seas devoted to remote sensing of continental margins

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Table of contents (30 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xxxvii
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  2. Introduction to Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. The Asian Marginal and Enclosed Seas: An Overview

      • Vittorio Barale
      Pages 3-38

    3. A Historical Overview of Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas

      • Leonid M. Mitnik, Martin Gade
      Pages 39-59

    4. An Introduction to Optical Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas: Chinese Dedicated Satellites and Data Processing Techniques

      • Yan Bai, Lianghong Jiang, Xianqiang He, Vittorio Barale
      Pages 61-79

    5. An Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas

      • Martin Gade, Ad Stoffelen
      Pages 81-101

  3. Arctic Ocean Marginal Basins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 103-103
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    2. Sea-Ice Parameters from Satellite Remote Sensing

      • Stefan Kern, Sascha Willmes
      Pages 105-121

    3. Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in the Laptev Sea

      • Birgit Heim, Bennet Juhls, Ekaterina Abramova, Astrid Bracher, Roland Doerffer, Rafael Gonçalves-Araujo et al.
      Pages 123-138

    4. Ship Traffic in the Asian Arctic Seas

      • T. Eriksen, H. Greidanus, M. Vespe, C. Santamaria
      Pages 139-156

  4. Pacific Ocean Marginal Basins

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 157-157
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    2. The Sea of Okhotsk: Scientific Applications of Remote Sensing

      • Leonid M. Mitnik, Vyacheslav A. Dubina
      Pages 159-175

    3. Phytoplankton and Primary Production in the Japan Sea

      • Joji Ishizaka, Keiko Yamada
      Pages 177-189

    4. Complementary Remote Sensing Observations of the Tsushima Warm Current Patterns

      • Kaoru Ichikawa, Yutaka Yoshikawa, Akihiko Morimoto, Ken-ichi Fukudom, Jong-Hwan Yoon
      Pages 191-204

    5. Remote Sensing of the Kuroshio Current System

      • Kaoru Ichikawa
      Pages 205-220

    6. Remote Sensing of Korean Tidal Flats

      • Joo-Hyung Ryu, Yoon-Kyung Lee
      Pages 221-235

    7. SAR Remote Sensing of Intertidal Flats in Korea

      • Byung-Hun Choe, Duk-jin Kim
      Pages 237-250

    8. Remote Sensing for Improved Forecast of Typhoons

      • Yuei-An Liou, Ji-Chyun Liu, Fabrice Chane-Ming, Jing-Shan Hong, Ching-Yuang Huang, Po-Kuan Chiang et al.
      Pages 251-267

    9. Mapping of Sea Surface Wind and Current Fields in the China Seas Using X-Band Spaceborne SAR

      • Xiao-Ming Li, Yong Zheng Ren
      Pages 269-284

    10. Retrieval of Winds and Waves from Synthetic Aperture Radar Imagery

      • Weizeng Shao, Xiaofeng Li, Xiaofeng Yang
      Pages 285-303
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About this book

A wide variety of marginal basins, ranging from polar to equatorial regions, and a few sizeable enclosed basins, can all be included among the Asian Seas. The Arctic Ocean shelf seas off Siberia; the sheltered basins along the Pacific Ocean’s western rim; the coastal seas of the northernmost Indian Ocean, including the semi-enclosed Red Sea and Persian Gulf; the Caspian Sea, the remnants of the Aral Sea and a score of brackish or freshwater lakes, such as Lake Balkhash and Lake Baykal; all exhibit a multiplicity of environmental features and processes. Understanding the peculiarities of such a large and varied collection of marine and coastal types requires integrated observation systems, among which orbital remote sensing must play an essential role. This volume reviews the current potential of Earth Observations in assessing the many Asian seascapes, using both passive and active techniques in diverse spectral regions, such as measuring reflected visible and near-infrared sunlight and surface emissions in the thermal infrared and microwave range, or surface reflection of transmitted radar pulses in the microwave range. An in-depth evaluation of the available spectral regions and observation techniques, as well as of novel multi-technique methods, ensures that suitable tools are indeed accessible for exploring and managing the wealth of resources that the Asian Seas have to offer.

Editors and Affiliations

  • European Commission, Joint Research Centre, Ispra, Italy

    Vittorio Barale

  • Institute of Oceanography, University of Hamburg, Hamburg, Germany

    Martin Gade

About the editors

Vittorio Barale (right) graduated in Physics from the University of Milan in 1977, and then received his M.S., in 1982, and Ph.D., in 1986, from the University of California at San Diego while at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Since 1990 he has been with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. His research focuses on the ecological assessment of marginal and enclosed seas, and their coastal margins in particular, using optical remote sensing.
 
Martin Gade (left) received his first degree in Physics in 1992 and then his doctoral degree in Geosciences in 1996, both from the University of Hamburg, Germany. Since 1991 he has been with the Remote Sensing Unit of the Institute of Oceanography, at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on air-sea interactions and coastal processes, and their remote sensing using active microwave techniques, as well as on laboratory and field experiments with marine surface films.

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