Optical remote sensing : science and technology / Walter G. Egan.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Egan, Walter G.

Series:

Optical engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ; v. 84.

Optical engineering ; 84

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Polarization (Light)--Analysis.

Polarization (Light).

Remote sensing.

Physical Description:

xvi, 507 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.

Place of Publication:

New York : Marcel Dekker, [2004]

Contents:

1. Polarization and Remote Sensing 1

2. Photometry 29

3. Polarization 49

4. Stokes Parameters 71

5. Instrumentation 79

6. Data Acquisition and Storage 91

7. Data Analysis 95

8. Polarization and Surface Roughness 101

9. Polarized Laser Retroreflectance 113

10. Remote Sensing of Seismic Disturbances 133

11. High-Resolution Space Shuttle Polarimetry for Farm Crop Classification 147

12. Planetary Remote Sensing Atmospheres 165

13. Effect of Aerosols on Optical Remotely Sensed Data 185

14. Comparison Between Infrared Martian Disk Spectra and Optical Properties of Terrestrial Analogs 203

15. The Interstellar Medium: Ultraviolet Complex Index of Refraction of Several Candidate Materials 227

16. Anomalous Refractive Index of Submicrometer-Sized Particulates 245

17. Ultraviolet Spectra of Organic Molecules and the Interstellar Medium 253

18. Complex Index of Refraction of Bulk Solid Carbon Dioxide 257

19. Star Environments 263

20. Optical Properties of Continental Haze and Cumulus and Orographic Clouds Based on Space Shuttle Polarimetric Observations 271

21. Volumetric Scattering and Absorption by Aerosols: Parametric Sensitivity in Mie Modeling and Comparisons to Observations 293

22. Radiative Transfer Properties of the Sahara Region 315

23. Meteorological Analysis of Chemical Exchange Events in the Arctic Basin 341

24. Optical Enhancement of Aircraft Detection Using Polarization 361

25. Detection of Vehicles and Personnel Using Polarization 379

26. Optical Remote Sensing of the Sea: A Caribbean Example 385

27. Physical Variation of Water Vapor and the Relation with Carbon Dioxide 415

28. Oil Spill Analysis 425

29. Infrared Optical Constants of Sahara Sand, Volcanic Ash, and Water-Soluble Aerosols 441

30. Optical Properties of Standard Aerosols 451

31. Polarization Modeling Using MODTRAN 3.7 485.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0824741315

OCLC:

53001353