Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing. Jakob J. van Zyl

8.2 Atmospheric Composition 8.3 Particulates and Clouds 8.4 Wave Interaction Mechanisms in Planetary Atmospheres 8.5 Optical Thickness 8.6 Radiative Transfer Equation 8.7 Case of a Nonscattering Plane Parallel Atmosphere 8.8 Basic Concepts of Atmospheric Remote Sounding Exercises References and Further Reading

      15  9 Atmospheric Remote Sensing in the Microwave Region 9.1 Microwave Interactions with Atmospheric Gases 9.2 Basic Concept of Downlooking Sensors 9.3 Basic Concept for Uplooking Sensors 9.4 Basic Concept for Limblooking Sensors 9.5 Inversion Concepts 9.6 Basic Elements of Passive Microwave Sensors 9.7 Surface Pressure Sensing 9.8 Atmospheric Sounding by Occultation 9.9 Microwave Scattering by Atmospheric Particles 9.10 Radar Sounding of Rain 9.11 Radar Equation for Precipitation Measurement 9.12 The Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission (TRMM) 9.13 Rain Cube 9.14 CloudSat 9.15 Cassini Microwave Radiometer 9.16 Juno Microwave Radiometer (MWR) References and Further Reading

      16  10 Millimeter and Submillimeter Sensing of Atmospheres 10.1 Interaction with Atmospheric Constituents 10.2 Downlooking Sounding 10.3 Limb Sounding 10.4 Elements of a Millimeter Sounder 10.5 Submillimeter Atmospheric Sounder Exercises References and Further Reading

      17  11 Atmospheric Remote Sensing in the Visible and Infrared 11.1 Interaction of Visible and Infrared Radiation with the Atmosphere 11.2 Downlooking Sounding 11.3 Limb Sounding 11.4 Sounding of Atmospheric Motion 11.5 Laser Measurement of Wind 11.6 Atmospheric Sensing at Very Short Wavelengths Exercises References and Further Reading

      18  12 Ionospheric Sensing 12.1 Properties of Planetary Ionospheres 12.2 Wave Propagation in Ionized Media 12.3 Ionospheric Profile Sensing by Topside Sounding 12.4 Ionospheric Profile by Radio Occultation References and Further Reading

      19  Appendix A: Use of Multiple Sensors for Surface Observations

      20  Appendix B: Summary of Orbital Mechanics Relevant to Remote Sensing B.1 Circular Orbits B.2 Elliptical Orbits B.3 Orbit Selection Exercises

      21  Appendix C: Simplified Weighting Functions C.1 Case of Downlooking Sensors (Exponential Atmosphere) C.2 Case of Downlooking Sensors (Linear Atmosphere) C.3 Case of Upward‐Looking Sensors

      22  Appendix D: Compression of a Linear FM Chirp Signal

      23  Index

      24  End User License Agreement

      List of Tables

      1 Chapter 1Table 1.1 Types of remote sensing data.

      2 Chapter 2Table 2.1 Radiation quantities.Table 2.2 Wave‐matter interaction mechanisms across the electromagnetic spect...

      3 Chapter 3Table 3.1 Solar irradiance at the distance of the different planets.Table 3.2 Interaction mechanisms.Table