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Author:   Walter G. Egan
Publisher:   Taylor & Francis Inc
Imprint:   CRC Press Inc
Volume:   84
Dimensions:   Width: 15.90cm , Height: 3.00cm , Length: 23.50cm
Weight:   0.816kg
ISBN:  

9780824741310

ISBN 10:   0824741315
Pages:   528
Publication Date:   03 September 2003
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional and scholarly ,  General/trade ,  Professional & Vocational ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Out of stock  

Table of Contents

Polarization and remote sensing; photometry; polarization; Stokes parameter; instrumentation; data acquisition and storage; data analysis; polarization and surface roughness; polarized laser retroreflectance; remote sensing of seismic disturbances;high-resolution space-shuttle polarimetry for farm crop classification; planetary remote sensing; planetary surfaces; comparison between infrared martian disc spectra and optical properties of terrestrial analogue; the interstellar medium - ultravioletcomplex index of refraction of several candidate; materials; anomalous refractive index of submicron-sized particles; ultraviolet spectra of organic molecules and the interstellar medium; complex index of refraction of bulk-solid carbon dioxide; starenvironments; optical properties of continental haze and cumulus and orographic clouds based on space shuttle polarimetric observations; volumetric scattering and absorption by aerosols - parametric sensitivity in mie; modelling and comparison toobservations; radiative transfer properties of the Sahara region; meteorological analysis of chemical exchange events in the Arctic basin; optical enhancement of aircraft detection using polarization; detection of vehicles and personnel usingpolarization; optical remote sensing of the sea - a Caribbean example; physical variation of water vapour and the relation with carbon dioxide; oil spill analysis; infrared optical constants of Sahara sand, volcanic ash and water soluble aerosols; opticalproperties of standard aerosols; polarization modelling using MODTRAN 3.7.

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The scientific content is solid The value of this book is that it collects interesting theoretical and practical descriptions of optical polarisation methods for remote sensing.

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