Remote Sensing of Coastal Aquatic Environments
Subtitle: Technologies, Techniques and Applications (Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing)
Contributors: Richard L. Miller (Editor); Carlos E. Del Castillo (Editor); Brent A. McKee (Editor)
Edition: 1st ed. 2005. 2nd printing edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: March 1, 2007
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 347
ISBN-13: 9781402030994
Subjects: Deltas, estuaries, coastal regions; Ecological science, the Biosphere; Remote Sensing; Technology; Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Technology & Industrial Arts; Science/Mathematics; Earth Sciences - Geology; Applications; Oceanography; Science : Earth Sciences - Geology; Science : Earth Sciences - Oceanography; Technology / Remote Sensing; aquatic coastal environments; coastal environments; coastal margins; environmental management; estuaries; global climate change
First sentence: For the purpose of this paper, we define radiative transfer as the study of the change in direction and intensity of radiation in the atmosphere and ocean, due to absorption, scattering, fluorescence, inelastic scattering, and air-sea interface effects.