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Remote sensing of the cryosphere / / edited by M. Tedesco
| Remote sensing of the cryosphere / / edited by M. Tedesco |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (430 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.31 |
| Collana | The Cryosphere Science Series. |
| Soggetto topico | Cryosphere - Remote sensing |
| ISBN |
1-118-36890-8
1-118-36886-X 1-118-36888-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa  |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Cryosphere Science: Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Remote sensing and the cryosphere; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Remote sensing; 1.2.1 The electromagnetic spectrum and blackbody radiation; 1.2.2 Passive systems; 1.2.3 Active systems; 1.3 The cryosphere; References; Chapter 2 Electromagnetic properties of components of the cryosphere; 2.1 Electromagnetic properties of snow; 2.1.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.1.2 Microwave region
2.2 Electromagnetic properties of sea ice2.2.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.2.2 Microwave region; 2.3 Electromagnetic properties of freshwater ice; 2.4 Electromagnetic properties of glaciers and ice sheets; 2.4.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.4.2 Microwave region; 2.5 Electromagnetic properties of frozen soil; 2.5.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.5.2 Microwave region; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 3 Remote sensing of snow extent; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Visible/near-infrared snow products 3.2.1 The normalized difference snow index (NDSI)3.3 Passive microwave products; 3.4 Blended VNIR/PM products; 3.5 Satellite snow extent as input to hydrological models; 3.6 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 4 Remote sensing of snow albedo, grain size, and pollution from space; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Forward modeling; 4.3 Local optical properties of a snow layer; 4.4 Inverse problem; 4.5 Pitfalls of retrievals; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Acronyms; Websites cited Chapter 5 Remote sensing of snow depth and snow water equivalent5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Photogrammetry; 5.3 LiDAR; 5.4 Gamma radiation; 5.5 Gravity data; 5.6 Passive microwave data; 5.7 Active microwave data; 5.8 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 6 Remote sensing of melting snow and ice; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 General considerations on optical/thermal and microwave sensors and techniques for remote sensing of melting; 6.2.1 Optical and thermal sensors; 6.2.2 Microwave sensors; 6.2.3 Electromagnetic properties of dry and wet snow 6.3 Remote sensing of melting over land6.4 Remote sensing of melting over Greenland; 6.4.1 Thermal infrared sensors; 6.4.2 Microwave sensors; 6.5 Remote sensing of melting over Antarctica; 6.6 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Chapter 7 Remote sensing of glaciers; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Fundamentals; 7.3 Satellite instruments for glacier research; 7.4 Methods; 7.4.1 Image classification for glacier mapping; 7.4.2 Mapping debris-covered glaciers; 7.4.3 Glacier mapping with SAR data; 7.4.4 Assessing glacier changes; 7.4.5 Area and length changes; 7.4.6 Volumetric glacier changes 7.4.7 Glacier velocity |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910140495603321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
| ||
Remote sensing of the cryosphere / / edited by M. Tedesco
| Remote sensing of the cryosphere / / edited by M. Tedesco |
| Pubbl/distr/stampa | Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 |
| Descrizione fisica | 1 online resource (430 p.) |
| Disciplina | 551.31 |
| Collana | The Cryosphere Science Series. |
| Soggetto topico | Cryosphere - Remote sensing |
| ISBN |
1-118-36890-8
1-118-36886-X 1-118-36888-6 |
| Formato | Materiale a stampa |
| Livello bibliografico | Monografia |
| Lingua di pubblicazione | eng |
| Nota di contenuto |
Cover; Title Page; Copyright; Contents; List of contributors; Cryosphere Science: Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the companion website; Chapter 1 Remote sensing and the cryosphere; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Remote sensing; 1.2.1 The electromagnetic spectrum and blackbody radiation; 1.2.2 Passive systems; 1.2.3 Active systems; 1.3 The cryosphere; References; Chapter 2 Electromagnetic properties of components of the cryosphere; 2.1 Electromagnetic properties of snow; 2.1.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.1.2 Microwave region
2.2 Electromagnetic properties of sea ice2.2.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.2.2 Microwave region; 2.3 Electromagnetic properties of freshwater ice; 2.4 Electromagnetic properties of glaciers and ice sheets; 2.4.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.4.2 Microwave region; 2.5 Electromagnetic properties of frozen soil; 2.5.1 Visible/near-infrared and thermal infrared; 2.5.2 Microwave region; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 3 Remote sensing of snow extent; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Visible/near-infrared snow products 3.2.1 The normalized difference snow index (NDSI)3.3 Passive microwave products; 3.4 Blended VNIR/PM products; 3.5 Satellite snow extent as input to hydrological models; 3.6 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 4 Remote sensing of snow albedo, grain size, and pollution from space; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Forward modeling; 4.3 Local optical properties of a snow layer; 4.4 Inverse problem; 4.5 Pitfalls of retrievals; 4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Acronyms; Websites cited Chapter 5 Remote sensing of snow depth and snow water equivalent5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Photogrammetry; 5.3 LiDAR; 5.4 Gamma radiation; 5.5 Gravity data; 5.6 Passive microwave data; 5.7 Active microwave data; 5.8 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 6 Remote sensing of melting snow and ice; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 General considerations on optical/thermal and microwave sensors and techniques for remote sensing of melting; 6.2.1 Optical and thermal sensors; 6.2.2 Microwave sensors; 6.2.3 Electromagnetic properties of dry and wet snow 6.3 Remote sensing of melting over land6.4 Remote sensing of melting over Greenland; 6.4.1 Thermal infrared sensors; 6.4.2 Microwave sensors; 6.5 Remote sensing of melting over Antarctica; 6.6 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Chapter 7 Remote sensing of glaciers; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Fundamentals; 7.3 Satellite instruments for glacier research; 7.4 Methods; 7.4.1 Image classification for glacier mapping; 7.4.2 Mapping debris-covered glaciers; 7.4.3 Glacier mapping with SAR data; 7.4.4 Assessing glacier changes; 7.4.5 Area and length changes; 7.4.6 Volumetric glacier changes 7.4.7 Glacier velocity |
| Record Nr. | UNINA-9910808244003321 |
| Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, Inc., , 2015 | ||
| Materiale a stampa | ||
| Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II | ||
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