Radiative transfer in coupled environmental systems : an introduction to forward and inverse modeling / Knut Stamnes, Jakob J. Stamnes.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Stamnes, Knut, author.

Stamnes, Jakob J., author.

Series:

Wiley series in atmospheric physics and remote sensing.

Wiley Series in Atmospheric Physics and Remote Sensing

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Geophysics.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (412 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Weinheim, Germany : Wiley-VCH Verlag, 2015.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

This book is dedicated to the formulation and solution of forward and inverse problems related to coupled media, and provides examples of how to solve concrete problems in environmental remote sensing of coupled atmosphere-surface systems. The authors discuss radiative transfer in coupled media such as the atmosphere-ocean system with Lambertian as well non-Lambertian reflecting surfaces at the lower boundary. The spectral range from the ultraviolet to the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum is considered, as are multi-spectral as well as hyperspectral remote sensing, while solutions of the forward problem for unpolarized and polarized radiation are discussed in detail.

Contents:

""Related Titles""; ""Title Page""; ""Copyright""; ""Table of Contents""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgments""; ""Chapter 1: Introduction""; ""1.1 Brief History""; ""1.2 What is Meant by a Coupled System?""; ""1.3 Scope""; ""1.4 Limitations of Scope""; ""Chapter 2: Inherent Optical Properties (IOPs)""; ""2.1 General Definitions""; ""2.2 Examples of Scattering Phase Functions""; ""2.3 Scattering Phase Matrix""; ""2.4 IOPs of a Polydispersion of Particles-Integration over the Size Distribution""; ""2.5 Scattering of an Electromagnetic Wave by Particles""

""2.6 Absorption and Scattering by Spherical Particles-Mie-Lorenz Theory""""2.7 Atmosphere IOPs""; ""2.8 Snow and Ice IOPs""; ""2.9 Water IOPs""; ""2.10 Fresnel Reflectance and Transmittance at a Plane Interface Between Two Coupled Media""; ""2.11 Surface Roughness Treatment""; ""2.12 Land Surfaces""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 3: Basic Radiative Transfer Theory""; ""3.1 Derivation of the Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE)""; ""3.2 Radiative Transfer of Unpolarized Radiation in Coupled Systems""; ""3.3 Radiative Transfer of Polarized Radiation in Coupled Systems""

""3.4 Methods of Solution of the RTE""""3.5 Calculation of Weighting Functions-Jacobians""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 4: Forward Radiative Transfer Modeling""; ""4.1 Quadrature Rule-The Double-Gauss Method""; ""4.2 Discrete Ordinate Equations-Compact Matrix Formulation""; ""4.3 Discrete-Ordinate Solutions""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 5: The Inverse Problem""; ""5.1 Probability and Rules for Consistent Reasoning""; ""5.2 Parameter Estimation""; ""5.3 Model Selection or Hypothesis Testing""; ""5.4 Assigning Probabilities""; ""5.5 Generic Formulation of the Inverse Problem""

""5.6 Linear Inverse Problems""""5.7 Bayesian Approach to the Inverse Problem""; ""5.8 Ill Posedness or Ill Conditioning""; ""5.9 Nonlinear Inverse Problems""; ""Problems""; ""Chapter 6: Applications""; ""6.1 Principal Component (PC) Analysis""; ""6.2 Simultaneous Retrieval of Total Ozone Column (TOC) Amount and Cloud Effects""; ""6.3 Coupled Atmosphere-Snow-Ice Systems""; ""6.4 Coupled Atmosphere-Water Systems""; ""6.5 Simultaneous Retrieval of Aerosol and Aquatic Parameters""; ""6.6 Polarized RT in a Coupled Atmosphere-Ocean System""; ""6.7 What if MODIS Could Measure Polarization?""

""Appendix A: Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves""""A.1 Absorption and Scattering by a Particle of Arbitrary Shape""; ""A.2 Absorption and Scattering by a Sphere-Mie Theory""; ""Appendix B: Spectral Sampling Strategies""; ""Transmission in an Isolated Spectral Line""; ""The Random Band Model""; ""B.1 The MODTRAN Band Model""; ""B.2 The k-Distribution Method""; ""B.3 Spectral Mapping Methods""; ""B.4 Principal Component (PC) Analysis""; ""B.5 Optimal Spectral Sampling""; ""Appendix C: Rough Surface Scattering and Transmission""; ""C.1 Scattering and Emission by Random Rough Surfaces""

""Appendix D: Boundary Conditions""

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on online resource; title from PDF title page (ebrary, viewed November 9, 2015).

ISBN:

3-527-69662-8

3-527-69660-1

3-527-69659-8

OCLC:

923139237