Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice

ISBN-13: 9780367392307 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 312 str.

W. Gareth Rees

Opis

Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice provides a comprehensive introduction to the remote sensing of Earth’s cryosphere. Presenting a technical review of how the properties of snow and ice relate to remote sensing observations, it focuses on principles by which useful geophysical information becomes encoded into the electromagnetic radiation detected during the remote sensing process. The author then discusses in detail the application of remote sensing methods to snow, freshwater ice, glaciers, and icebergs. The book concludes by summarizing what remote sensing has revealed about the cryosphere, where major technical problems still exist, and how these problems can be addressed.

Spis treści

The cryosphere. Remote sensing systems for observations of the Earth’s surface. Image processing techniques. Physical properties of snow and ice. Remote sensing of snow cover. Remote sensing of sea ice. Remote sensing of freshwater ice. Remote sensing of glaciers, ice sheets and ice shelves. Remote sensing of icebergs. Conclusions.

O autorze

Rees, W. Gareth