Title Statements
- Full title :Methods of satellite oceanography / Robert H. Stewart.
Edition Statements
- Publication Date:©1985.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):University of California Press
- Place of Publication:Berkeley
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:©1985.
The Physical Object
- Description:viii, 360 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : : illustrations (some color) ; : 27 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:0520042263, 9780520042261
- oclc:ocm10072741
- LC Classification:GC10.4.A8
- Dewey Decimal:551.46/0028
Table of Contents
THE NATURE OF THE SEA SURFACE AND THE AIR ABOVE: Airflow over the sea -- The spectrum of ocean waves -- Surface currents -- ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION: The nature of electromagnetic radiation -- Names of radiation bands -- Radiometric units and terms -- Blackbody radiation -- Natural sources of radiation -- Kirchoff's Law -- ABSORPTION IN THE ATMOSPHERE: The influence of gases -- The influence of the ionosphere -- The radiative transfer equation -- Transmission through the atmosphere -- SCATTER IN THE ATMOSPHERE: Scatter from a single particle: Mie scatter -- Collections of particles -- Radiative transfer with particulates -- The integrated influence of particulates -- INTERACTION OF RADIATION WITH SURFACES: Fresnel reflection coefficients -- Dielectric constants of surfaces -- Radiative transfer in the presence of a boundary -- Rough surfaces -- OBSERVATIONS USING VISIBLE LIGHT: The instruments -- Observations of oceanic features -- Ocean color and chlorophyll concentrations -- Influence of the atmosphere on observations of ocean color -- Satellite observations of ocean color -- OBSERVATIONS USING INFRARED RADIATION: The instruments -- Sources of error within the atmosphere -- Rem…
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