Michael K. Shepard

Introduction to Planetary Photometry

• Gebundenes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

Introducing planetary photometry as a quantitative remote sensing tool, this handbook demonstrates how reflected light can be measured and used to investigate the physical properties of bodies in our Solar System. Covering background theory and methods of data interpretation, it provides an accessible introduction for students, amateurs and planetary scientists.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 258
• Erscheinungstermin: 2. Juni 2017
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 235mm x 156mm x 17mm
• Gewicht: 540g
• ISBN-13: 9781107131743
• ISBN-10: 110713174X
• Artikelnr.: 47376021

Autorenporträt

Michael K. Shepard is Professor of Geosciences at Bloomsburg University of Pennsylvania, specialising in remote sensing, planetary photometry and asteroid studies. He is the author of the popular science book Asteroids: Relics of Ancient Time (Cambridge, 2015), articles for popular science magazines like Sky and Telescope, and a guest science column for the regional Press Enterprise newspaper. He has previously worked at the National Air and Space Museum, Washington DC and the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology.

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. A brief history of planetary photometry
2. Photometry conventions, terminology, and standards
3. The mechanics of planetary observing
4. The physical basis of photometric scattering models
5. Planetary reflectance and basic scattering laws
6. Planetary disk-integrated photometry
7. Planetary disk-resolved photometry
References
Index.