
Calibration/Validation of Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometers and Applications
MDPI (Publisher)
1st Edition
Published on 13. February 2017
Book
Paperback/Softback
X, 548 pages
978-3-03842-318-8 (ISBN)
Description
In a new era of global awareness and globalization, what's happening around the world in real-time such as hurricanes, volcanic eruption, fires, drought, pollution, and other environmental and climate challenges are becoming increasingly more important and affect people's lives. To meet these challenges, Earth observations from a new generation of satellites have now become available giving us unprecedented capabilities to monitor and study our planet. With global coverage twice daily for the next several decades, the Visible Infrared Imaging Radiometers on polar orbiting satellites provide rich and publically available data sets for a large number of land, atmosphere, and ocean applications, including the monitoring of aerosols, cloud properties, radiation budget, sea surface temperature, ocean color, active fire, albedo, snow and ice, vegetation, land use/land cover, night-lights from human activities, and natural disasters. Calibration and validation of these satellite observations are essential to ensure the quality, accuracy, precision, and stability of the data for the applications. This book will review recent advances in satellite optical sensor calibration and validation methodologies, algorithms, and techniques. Example calibration and validation of environmental data products are also discussed. It aims to serve all professionals, researchers, students, scientists alike in academics, industries, government, and beyond.
More details
Language
English
Place of publication
Basel
Switzerland
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Professionals /Scholars
Edition type
New edition
Product notice
Laminated cover
Dimensions
Height: 244 mm
Width: 170 mm
Thickness: 39 mm
Weight
1184 gr
ISBN-13
978-3-03842-318-8 (9783038423188)
Schweitzer Classification