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1 online resource (xl, 409 pages .). 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. Specialized. specialized edited by Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi. Includes bibliographical references and index. Microwave remote sensing Geography Remote sensing TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING Mechanical Geography Remote sensing Microwave remote sensing G70.4 621.3/678 Elsevier Science Ltd 2016 (OCoLC)950450334 9780081017685 0081017685 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781785481598 http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/book/9781785481598 CNCGM 161017 20190328114817.0 ocn964321297 eng