05042cam a2200553Mi 4500 ocn964321297 OCoLC 20190328114817.0 m o d cr |n||||||||| 161017s2016 enk fob 001 0 eng d CNCGM eng rda pn CNCGM OCLCO OPELS IDEBK N$T YDX NLE EBLCP OCLCQ OCLCF OCLCQ OTZ OCLCQ U3W MERUC D6H OCLCQ WYU OCLCQ OCLCO 962750766 962832984 963733059 964550880 967394678 969442631 986726029 987731171 987753607 988556503 988559319 9780081017685 (MyiLibrary) 0081017685 (MyiLibrary) 9781785481598 (hbk.) 1785481592 (hbk.) (OCoLC)964321297 (OCoLC)962750766 (OCoLC)962832984 (OCoLC)963733059 (OCoLC)964550880 (OCoLC)967394678 (OCoLC)969442631 (OCoLC)986726029 (OCoLC)987731171 (OCoLC)987753607 (OCoLC)988556503 (OCoLC)988559319 G70.4 TEC ukslc TEC 009070 bisacsh 621.3/678 23 Microwave remote sensing of land surfaces : techniques and methods / [electronic resource] edited by Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi. London : ISTE Press, 2016. 1 online resource (xl, 409 pages .). text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Remote Sensing Observations of Continental Surfaces Set Includes bibliographical references and index. Specialized. Print version record. Front Cover ; Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surfaces: Techniques and Methods ; Copyright ; Contents; Foreword; Acronyms; Introduction; Chapter 1. Synthetic Aperture Radar Imaging; 1.1. Introduction; 1.2. Introduction to synthetic aperture radar (SAR) imaging; 1.3. Characteristics of SAR images; 1.4. Key points; 1.5. Bibliography; Chapter 2. SAR Imaging using Coherent Modes of Diversity: SAR Polarimetry, Interferometry and Tomography; 2.1. Introduction; 2.2. SAR polarimetry; 2.3. An introduction to SAR interferometry and tomography; 2.4. Key points; 2.5. Bibliography. Chapter 3. The Principles of DTM Reconstruction from SAR Images3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Geometry of SAR images; 3.3. The SAR image spectrum; 3.4. Registration of SAR images; 3.5. Radargrammetry and interferometry; 3.6. The limitations of interferometry; 3.7. Conclusions; 3.8. Key points; 3.9. Bibliography; Chapter 4. Principles of Radar Satellite Altimetry for Application on Inland Waters; 4.1. Introduction; 4.2. Radar altimetry measurements; 4.3. Processing echoes, or retracking ; 4.4. Sloping measurements and different radar modes ; 4.5. Propogation corrections (or atmospheric corrections). 4.6. Geophysical corrections4.7. Altimetry biases; 4.8. Selecting measurements; 4.9. Choice of orbits in altimetry missions; 4.10. Perspectives; 4.11. Key points; 4.12. Acknowledgments; 4.13. Bibliography; Chapter 5. Passive Low Frequency Microwaves: Principles, Radiative Transfer, Physics of Measurements; 5.1. Introduction; 5.2. Radiometric measurement; 5.3. Modeling microwave emission on natural surfaces; 5.4. Main space missions (SMOS, SMAP, AMSR-E); 5.5. Conclusions and perspectives; 5.6. Key points; 5.7. Bibliography. Chapter 6. Space Gravimetry Using GRACE Satellite Mission: Basic Concepts6.1. Introduction; 6.2. The GRACE spatial gravimetry mission; 6.3. Data from the GRACE spatial gravimetry mission; 6.4. Perspectives; 6.5. Key points; 6.6. Bibliography; Chapter 7. The Reflected Global Navigation Satellite System (GNSS-R): from Theory to Practice; 7.1. Introduction; 7.2. Available GNSS signals; 7.3. The GNSS-R measurement techniques; 7.4. Reflectometry through opportunity signals; 7.5. Platforms and constraints; 7.6. Conclusions and perspectives; 7.7. Key points; 7.8. Bibliography. Chapter 8. Data Assimilation of Satellite Observations8.1. Introduction; 8.2. General principles of data assimilation; 8.3. Kalman filters and variational approaches; 8.4. Error modeling; 8.5. Particle filters; 8.6. Conclusions and perspectives; 8.7. Key points; 8.8. Bibliography; Glossary; List of Authors; Index; Scientific Committee; Back Cover. Microwave remote sensing. Geography Remote sensing. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Mechanical. bisacsh Geography Remote sensing. fast (OCoLC)fst00940510 Microwave remote sensing. fast (OCoLC)fst01020248 Electronic books. Baghdadi, Nicolas, editor. Zribi, Mehrez, editor. Print version: Microwave Remote Sensing of Land Surface. Elsevier Science Ltd 2016 9781785481598 1785481592 (OCoLC)950450334 Remote sensing observations of continental surfaces set. ScienceDirect http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781785481598 247470 247470