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- This is the only book providing comprehensive overview of research in the field of microwave radiometry of land surface
- This is the guiding book for young scientists and MS and PhD students who are involved or intending to be involved with microwave radiometric programs
- The book is indispensable for specialists in microwave remote sensing, microwave radiometry, and microwave propagation in vegetation (forests), providing them a deep insight into the microwave propagation, emission, and scattering in vegetation media
- This is the first book that considers the microwave radiometry of land surface in the context of global change research
Part of the book series: Advances in Global Change Research (AGLO, volume 24)
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Table of contents (9 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
Research into microwave radiation from the Earth’s surface in the presence of vegetation canopies, as well as the development of algorithms for retrieval of soil and vegetation parameters from microwave radiometric measurements, have been actively conducted for the last 30 years by scientific groups worldwide. The capability of the microwave radiometric method to determine soil moisture and vegetation biometric indices was revealed 25 years ago by the author and his colleagues. Soil moisture and vegetation covers play a key role in the hydrological cycle and in water and energy transfer on the border of land surface and atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. Accomplishment of large international projects shows that microwave radiometry of soil and vegetation has become an instrument of practical application and operational use.
A systematic account of questions concerning the microwave radiometry of the Earth’s surface in the presence of vegetation canopies is the main objective of the book.
Authors and Affiliations
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Russian Academy of Sciences, Russia
Alexander A. Chukhlantsev
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Microwave Radiometry of Vegetation Canopies
Authors: Alexander A. Chukhlantsev
Series Title: Advances in Global Change Research
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/1-4020-4682-0
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media B.V. 2006
Hardcover ISBN: 978-1-4020-4681-0Published: 22 May 2006
Softcover ISBN: 978-90-481-7170-5Published: 10 October 2011
eBook ISBN: 978-1-4020-4682-7Published: 18 July 2006
Series ISSN: 1574-0919
Series E-ISSN: 2215-1621
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XIV, 276
Topics: Climate Change, Classical Electrodynamics, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry