Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing: Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications

ISBN-13: 9780128239537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2022

Nicholas R. Nalli

Spis treści

1. Introduction: Field Measurements and Remote Sensing

Part I: Instrumentation 2. Balloon-Borne Radiosondes 3. Frost Point Hygrometers 4. Ozonesondes 5. Oceanographic buoys: providing ocean data to assess the accuracy of variables derived from satellite measurements 6. Surface-Based Thermal Infrared Spectrometers 7. Sun photometers 8. AirCore

Part II: Intensive Campaigns 9. High-Altitude Aircraft Radiometric Calibration-Validation Campaigns 10. Aircraft Dropsonde Campaigns 11. Ship-Based Cal/Val Campaigns 12. Land-Based Cal/Val Campaigns 13. Aircraft Vertical Profile Measurements for Evaluation of Satellite Retrievals of Long-Lived Trace Gases 14. Campaign Situational Awareness from Satellite Data

Part III: Satellite Applications 15. On-Orbit VIIRS Sensor Calibration and Validation in Reflective Solar Bands (RSB) 16. NOAA Products Validation System (NPROVS) 17. Satellite Microwave Sounder Product Retrieval Validation 18. Considerations for Satellite Infrared Sounder Applications 19. Sea Surface Temperature Validation and Blended Analysis 20. Satellite Ocean Color Validation 21. Land Surface Temperature Validation 22. Heterogeneity of Smoke from Fires: Evaluation of VIIRS Smoke Detection Using FIREX-AQ Field Campaign Data 23. Downburst Monitoring and Prediction Studies