John T. Houghton, Houghton, J. T. Houghton

Remote Sounding of Atmospheres

• Broschiertes Buch

Produktbeschreibung

This book describes how measurements can be made of the properties of the Earth and planets using the technique of remote sounding.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Seitenzahl: 352
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. April 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 229mm x 152mm x 21mm
• Gewicht: 572g
• ISBN-13: 9780521310659
• ISBN-10: 0521310652
• Artikelnr.: 26571957

Inhaltsangabe

Preface
1. Introduction
2. Platforms in space
3. Visible, infrared and microwave imaging
4. Radiation budget measurements
5. Principles of remote temperature sounding
6. Instruments for remote temperature sounding
7. Retrieval theory
8. Remote temperature sounding for weather forecasting
9. Stratospheric and mesospheric temperature measurements
10. Minor constituent abundance measurements
11. Cloud, aerosol and precipitation measurements
12. Density, pressure and wind measurement
13. Ionospheric measurements
14. Remote sounding of the atmospheres of Venus and Mercury
15. Remote sounding of the atmosphere of Mars
16. Remote sounding in the outer solar system
17. Further developments
References
Index and glossary.