03348nam 2200613 450 991083071340332120170924175038.01-119-01850-11-119-01849-81-119-01852-8(CKB)3710000000500670(EBL)4323019(MiAaPQ)EBC4323019(PPN)194462102(EXLCZ)99371000000050067020160916d2015 uy| 0engur|n|---|||||rdacontentrdamediardacarrierInfrared observation of Earth's atmosphere /Hervé Herbin, Philippe DubuissonHoboken, NJ :Wiley,2015.1 online resource (197 p.)Earth system -- environmental sciencesDescription based upon print version of record.1-84821-560-6 Includes bibliographical references and index.Table of Contents; Title; Copyright; Acknowledgements; List of Symbols; List of Acronyms; Preface; Introduction; Chapter 1: Basic Physics of the Atmosphere and Radiation; 1.1. Structure and composition of Earth?s atmosphere; 1.2. Atmospheric aerosols; 1.3. Clouds; 1.4. Radiation in Earth?s atmosphere; 1.5. Radiation budget of the climate system; 1.6. For further information; Chapter 2: Instrumentation and Sensors; 2.1. Platforms, satellites and sensors; 2.2. Infrared detection techniques; 2.3. For further information; Chapter 3: Forward Radiative Transfer in Absorbing Atmosphere3.1. Gaseous absorption and emission3.2. Radiative transfer equation in an absorbing medium; 3.3. Solving the RTE; 3.4. For further information; Chapter 4: Forward Radiative Transfer in Scattering Atmosphere; 4.1. Atmospheric scattering; 4.2. Polarization; 4.3. Radiative transfer equation (RTE) in a scattering medium; 4.4. Numerical methods to solve the RTE in a scattering plane?parallel medium; 4.5. List of radiative transfer codes; 4.6. For further information; Chapter 5: Methods of Geophysical Parameter Retrieval; 5.1. Inversion process; 5.2. Linear models; 5.3. Nonlinear inversion5.4. Optimal estimation method (OEM)5.5. Lookup tables; 5.6. For further information; Chapter 6: Space Infrared Remote Sensing: Some Applications; 6.1. Water vapor isotopologues; 6.2. Biomass fires and trace gases; 6.3. Volcanic eruptions; 6.4. Physical properties of clouds; 6.5. For further information; Appendix; Bibliography; Index; End User License AgreementEarth system -- environmental sciences.Atmospheric physicsEnvironmental sciencesInfrared astronomyRadiative transferAtmosphereRemote sensingAtmospheric radiationAtmospheric physics.Environmental sciences.Infrared astronomy.Radiative transfer.AtmosphereRemote sensing.Atmospheric radiation.551.5/2Herbin Hervé1606743Dubuisson PhilippeMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910830713403321Infrared observation of Earth's atmosphere3932686UNINA