Overview
- Offers an introductory course in satellite remote sensing using state-of-the-art instruments
- Provides different layers of theoretical background from underlying physics to retrieval methodology
- Organizes both the basic principles and applications into separate, stand-alone sets of chapters
Part of the book series: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry (SPRINGERREMO)
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Table of contents (13 chapters)
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Front Matter
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General Background
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Front Matter
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Measurement Principles
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Front Matter
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Applications
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Back Matter
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About this book
The progress in satellite instrument technology during the past two decades as represented by the Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM), CloudSat, and Global Measurement Mission (GPM) satellites has drastically improved our capability of measuring clouds and precipitation across the globe. At the same time, such rapid progress makes it increasingly challenging for scientists without specialized skills in remote sensing to fully grasp how satellite measurements are being made. This book is designed to mitigate that challenge. The targeted readers are graduate students and professional scientists seeking an extended summary of the theoretical background behind observations from space, ranging from fundamental physics (the statistical mechanics and radiative processes, for instance) to more practical levels of theory such as retrieval algorithm design.
Authors and Affiliations
About the author
Hirohiko Masunaga is an associate professor at the Institute for Space–Earth Environmental Research (ISEE) of Nagoya University. After earning his Ph.D. in astronomy from The University of Tokyo, he pursued his career as an atmospheric scientist there in the National Aerospace Development Administration (NASDA, currently the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency, or JAXA) and at Colorado State University before he joined Nagoya University in 2006. His research interests include satellite meteorology and climatology, tropical convection and large-scale dynamics, tropical air–sea interactions, and the development of a satellite data simulator. In his recent work, he devised a novel methodology to coordinate the observations from different satellites beyond their individual instrument capabilities in order to explore the dynamics of tropical moist convection.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Satellite Measurements of Clouds and Precipitation
Book Subtitle: Theoretical Basis
Authors: Hirohiko Masunaga
Series Title: Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-2243-5
Publisher: Springer Singapore
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Nature Singapore Pte Ltd. 2022
Hardcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2242-8Published: 27 April 2022
Softcover ISBN: 978-981-19-2245-9Published: 28 April 2023
eBook ISBN: 978-981-19-2243-5Published: 26 April 2022
Series ISSN: 2198-0721
Series E-ISSN: 2198-073X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XVII, 297
Number of Illustrations: 54 b/w illustrations, 52 illustrations in colour
Topics: Atmospheric Sciences, Earth System Sciences, Climate, general, Environment, general