Microwave Remote Sensing for Oceanographic and Marine Weather-Forecast Models

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. On the Role of Science in Preparing Operational Uses of Earth Observations From Space

   • R. Frassetto

   Pages 1-22

3. General Principles of Relevant Satellite Systems

   • J. Askne

   Pages 23-44

4. Satellite Rader Altimeters

   • Chris G. Rapley

   Pages 45-63

5. Measuring Ocean Waves with Altimeters and Synthetic Aperture Radars

   • Trevor H. Guymer

   Pages 65-97

6. The Scatterometer: Data and Applications

   • R. A. Brown

   Pages 99-123

7. Sunglint and The Study of Near-Surface Windspeeds Over the Oceans

   • Arthur P. Cracknell

   Pages 125-139

8. Satellite Infrared Scanning Radiometers — AVHRR and ATSR/M

   • P. J. Minnett

   Pages 141-163

9. Handling Airborne Thematic Mapper Data

   • J M Anderson

   Pages 165-175

10. Microwave Radiometers

    • L. T. Pedersen

    Pages 177-190

11. Microwave Atmospheric Sounding (Water Vapor and Liquid Water)

    • René Bernard

    Pages 191-216

12. In-Situ Measurements for Validation of Microwave Data: Problems, Accuracies

    • Kristina B. Katsaros

    Pages 217-238

13. Passive Microwave Satellite Imagery for Improved Rainfall Monitoring and Forecasting Over Sea Areas

    • Eric C. Barrett

    Pages 239-253

14. The Potential Impact of Advanced Spaceborne Microwave Sensors Onto Marine Weather Nowcasting and Very Short Range Forecast

    • A. Ratier

    Pages 253-271

15. Desertification Studies

    • D. O. Adefolalu

    Pages 273-323

16. Integration of Satellite-Derived Products

    • John A. Leese

    Pages 325-338

17. The ERS-1 Satellite: Oceanography from Space

    • E. Oriol-Pibernat

    Pages 339-353

18. Wind Fields and Surface Fluxes

    • D. Offiler

    Pages 355-374

19. Back Matter

    Pages 375-406

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The power of microwave remote sensing for studying the oceans of the world was demonstrated conclusively by the SEASAT mission in 1978. Since then, no further satellite-flown instruments have been available to provide further data of this type. However, the proposed launch of ESA's ERS-1 satellite will lead to a new set of active microwave instruments being flown in space in 1990. Even though similar data has been obtained from aircraft-flown instruments SAR, scatterometers, altimeters etc. - a great deal of activity has been taking place to develop the necessary expertise in handling and analysing such data when it comes on-stream from ERS-1 and from subsequent satellites. It was against this background that the scientific Affairs Division of NATO again agreed to sponsor an ASI in Dundee in 1988. Its purpose was to review existing knowledge of the extraction of marine and atmospheric geophysical parameters from satellite-gathered microwave data and to enable scientists to prepare themselves and their computing systems to utilise the new data when it becomes available. The importance of the data is largely as input parameters to assist in the fitting of boundary conditions in large computer models. The course was concerned more with the non-imaging instruments, that is with passive radiometers, altimeters and scatterometers, than with the (imaging) synthetic aperture radar.

• Ocean
• Oceanography
• Radiometer
• Rain
• Weather
• Wind
• marine
• satellite

`This is an extremely informative and up-to-date book which should be on the shelf of those who will exploit the new microwave satellite data coming from the sensors during the 1990s.'
World Meteorological Oganization Bulletin, 40:1

• Department of Applied Physics and Electronic & Manufacturing Engineering, University of Dundee, Dundee, Scotland, UK

  Robin A. Vaughan

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