INDICE: Introduction and overview .Chapter 1 Basic physics for remote sensing of the Earth atmosphere. .1.1 Atmospheric structure and composition .1.2 Some notions of atmospheric radiation .Chapter 2 Instrumentation and sensors. .2.1 Broadband sounders .For instance : MSG and MODIS instruments with optical design concept, instrumental specification and applications. .2.2 High spectral resolution sounders .For instance : ACE–FTS, IASI and TANSO–FTS instruments with optical design concept, instrumental specification and applications. .Chapter 3 Principles of Radiative transfer. .3.1 Infrared radiation .Terrestrial and extraterrestrial flux, emissivity, reflectivity. .3.2 Gaseous absorption process .Spectra of gaseous molecules, intensity, line–shape. .3.3 Particles extinction .Rayleigh scattering, Mie theory, polarization, applications to aerosol and clouds. .3.4 Radiative transfer equation .Formulation of the problem .Chapter 4 Forward modeling. .4.1 Calculation of atmospheric components extinction .Broadband, k–distribution, line–by–line. .4.2 Numerical solutions .Adding–doubling, Disort, VLidort, Monte–Carlo, 4A/OP. .Chapter 5 Retrieval of atmospheric parameters. .5.1 Inverse methods .Information content, Levenberg–Marquardt minimization and Optimal Estimation Method, Neural network. .5.2 Some examples of available codes .LBLRTM, Atmosphit, Sciatran, pstar .Chapter 6 Applications to environmental problems. .6.1 Meteorology and climate .Greenhouse gases, aerosols, clouds, water vapour. .6.2 Air quality .O3, NOx, SO2, CO, aerosol. .Appendix .List of symbols .List of abbreviations and acronyms .Physical constants and conversion factors .References .Index
- ISBN: 978-1-84821-560-3
- Editorial: ISTE Ltd.
- Encuadernacion: Cartoné
- Fecha Publicación: 04/01/2016
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