Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice
Publisher: CRC
Published: August 12, 2005
Language: eng
Number of pages: 285
ISBN-13: 9780415298315
First sentence: The Earth's snowy and icy regions are collectively known as the cryosphere, a word derived from the Greek krios meaning "cold."
Description: "Many advances in spaceborne instrumentation, remote sensing, and data analysis have occurred in recent years, but until now there has been no book that reflects these advances while delivering a uniform treatment of the remote sensing of frozen regions. Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice identifies unifying themes and ideas in these fields and presents them in a single volume." "This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the remote sensing of the Earth's cryosphere. Explaining why cryospheric observations are important and why remote sensing observations are essential, it offers thorough surveys of the physical properties of ice and snow, and of current and emerging remote sensing techniques."--BOOK JACKET.


Ch. 1. The cryosphere 

Ch. 2. Remote sensing systems for observation of the earth's surface 

Ch. 3. Image processing techniques 

Ch. 4. Physical properties of snow and ice 

Ch. 5. Remote sensing of snow cover 

Ch. 6. Remote sensing of sea ice 

Ch. 7. Remote sensing of freshwater ice 

Ch. 8. Remote sensing of glaciers, ice sheets, and ice shelves 

Ch. 9. Remote sensing of icebergs 

 Ch. 10. Conclusions.