Weather satellites : systems, data, and environmental applications / edited by P. Krishna Rao [and others].
- Published:
- Boston : American Meteorological Society, 1990.
- Physical Description:
- xiii, 503 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 29 cm
- Additional Creators:
- Krishna Rao, P., 1930- and American Meteorological Society
- Contents:
- AN INTRODUCTION TO WEATHER SATELLITES: Observing systems for weather, climate, and global change-an evolution from surface to space -- A history of civilian weather satellites -- ELEMENTS OF REMOTE SENSING FROM SPACE: Characteristics of remote sensing -- The earth as a target for remote sensing -- Section III NATIONAL OBSERVING CAPABILITIES: The United States operational polar and geostationary satellites -- The Russian Satellites -- The European Meteosat -- The Japanese GMS (HIMAWARI) -- THE Indian Insat -- THE United States Research Satellite -- SATELLITE SENSORS AND THEIR DATA: Remote sensing instrumentation -- ATN and goes sensors -- SATELLITE COMMAND AND DATA RECEPTION: Satellite launch, orbit, command and control, and data acquisition -- Satellite direct readout -- The goes data collection system (DCS) -- ARGOS data collection and location system (DCLS) -- CENTRAL DATA PROCESSING AND DISTRIBUTION: Preprocessing satellite data -- Satellite data product processing -- Satellite data distribution -- Satellite data archiving: data management and user services -- and APPLICATIONS OF SATELLITE DATA IN METEOROLOGY: Basic image analysis and interpretation -- Image display and analysis systems -- Stereoscopic measurements -- Cloud drift winds -- Atmospheric soundings -- Precipitation -- Tropical cyclone analysis and forecasting -- Convective scale weather analysis and forecasting -- Use of satellite imagery in synoptic-scale weather analysis and forecasting -- Aviation and marine applications -- APPLICATIONS OF SATELLITE DATA TO LAND AND OCEAN SCIENCES: Thermal anomalies -- Snow cover -- Lakes -- Sea surface temperature -- SATELLITES AND CLIMATE APPLICATIONS: The Earth radiation budget -- Clouds and tropospheric aerosols from satellites -- Stratospheric monitoring -- Use of satellite data in climate analysis -- USE OF WEATHER SATELLITE DATA IN AGRICULTURAL APPLICATIONS: Methods of vegetation monitoring and their applic' ations -- Solar radiation, max/min temperature, and daily precipitation -- FUTURE SATELLITE SYSTEMS AND APPLICATIONS: The polar orbiting platform ERA -- Issues for the future.
- Subject(s):
- ISBN:
- 0933876661
- Bibliography Note:
- Includes bibliographical references.
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