Field Measurements for Passive Environmental Remote Sensing
Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications
- 1st Edition - September 27, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- Editor: Nicholas R. Nalli
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 3 9 5 3 - 7
- eBook ISBN:9 7 8 - 0 - 1 2 - 8 2 4 2 2 6 - 1
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Request a sales quoteField Measurements for Environmental Remote Sensing: Instrumentation, Intensive Campaigns, and Satellite Applications is an academic synthesis of invaluable in situ measurements and techniques leveraged by the science of environmental remote sensing. Sections cover in situ datasets and observing methods used for satellite remote sending applications and validation, synthesizing the various techniques utilized by well-established application areas under a common paradigm. The book serves as both a textbook for students (upper-level undergraduate to graduate level) and a reference book for practitioners and researchers in the atmospheric, oceanic and remote sensing fields.
- Presents chapters organized according to subdiscipline, with each written by established experts in their relevant field
- Includes literature reviews, case studies and applications for each subdivision
- Features a synthesis of the suite of invaluable in situ measurements and techniques leveraged by the science of environmental remote sensing
Scientists at government agencies and labs (e.g., NOAA, NASA, NRL, EUMETSAT, JAXA, IMD, etc.), as well as professors/teachers at universities with departments in atmospheric, oceanic and remote sensing sciences. Environmental measurement scientists, engineers, technicians, or vendors who develop and characterize the vast array of instrumentation used for remote sensing applications discussed within
- Cover image
- Title page
- Table of Contents
- Copyright
- Contributors
- Preface
- Chapter 1: Introduction: Field measurements and remote sensing
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Background
- 2: Measurement principles
- 3: Remote sensing primer
- 4: Satellite remote sensing
- 5: Calibration/validation (cal/val)
- 6: Outline and structure of the book
- References
- Part I: Instrumentation
- Chapter 2: Balloon-borne radiosondes
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Measurement technology
- 3: Cal/val considerations
- 4: Summary
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 3: Frost point hygrometers
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Historical development of frost point hygrometers
- 2: FPH measurement records
- 3: Examples of FPH comparisons with satellite-based remote sensors
- 4: Summary
- References
- Chapter 4: Ozonesondes: Instrumentation and Data Applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: The role of ozonesondes in the global ozone measurement framework
- 2: The ozonesonde instrument, operation, and data quality control
- 3: Ozonesonde networks
- 4: Applications of ozonesonde data with remote sensing observations
- 5: Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 5: Oceanographic buoys: Providing ocean data to assess the accuracy of variables derived from satellite measurements
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Oceanographic buoy platforms and requirements
- 3: Sea surface temperature
- 4: Sea surface salinity
- 5: Wind speed and direction
- 6: Surface heat fluxes
- 7: Sea level pressure
- 8: Water-leaving radiance
- 9: Parting thoughts
- References
- Chapter 6: Surface-based thermal infrared spectrometers
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: FTIR principles
- 3: Calibration
- 4: M-AERI
- 5: Deployments
- 6: Geophysical variables
- 7: Applications
- 8: Summary and conclusions
- References
- Chapter 7: Sun photometers
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Basics of Sun photometry
- 3: Measurement networks and data products
- 4: Calibration and uncertainty
- 5: Aerosol data interpretation
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 8: The AirCore atmospheric sampling system
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Background
- 2: The AirCore atmospheric sampling system
- 3: AirCore balloon-borne measurement sites
- 4: AirCore evaluation of remote sensing retrievals
- 5: Conclusions and future outlook
- References
- Part II: Intensive campaigns
- Chapter 9: High-altitude aircraft radiometric calibration-validation campaigns
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The Scanning High-resolution Interferometer Sounder
- 3: S-HIS radiometric calibration, verification, and traceability
- 4: S-HIS high-altitude airborne calibration validation results
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 10: Aircraft dropsonde campaigns
- Abstract
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Measurement technology
- 3: Cal val campaigns
- 4: Summary
- References
- Chapter 11: Ship-based cal/val campaigns
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Research vessel/ship platforms
- 3: At-sea instrument and sensor deployments
- 4: Early infrared remote sensing campaigns
- 5: Collaborative remote sensing campaigns
- 6: Ocean color campaigns
- 7: Summary
- References
- Chapter 12: Land-based cal/val campaigns
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- 1: Introduction
- 2: DOE ARM campaigns
- 3: GRUAN
- 4: Links to other land-based campaigns
- 5: Summary
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 13: Aircraft vertical profile measurements for evaluation of satellite retrievals of long-lived trace gases
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: “Global” intensive profiling campaigns
- 3: Sustained observations
- 4: Aggregating aircraft observations from regional intensives
- 5: Summary
- References
- Chapter 14: Campaign situational awareness from operational satellite sounding retrievals
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Data sets and methods
- 3: Hazardous Weather Testbed
- 4: Intensity Forecast EXperiment (IFEX)
- 5: Fire Influence on Regional to Global Environments and Air Quality (FIREX-AQ)
- 6: Summary
- References
- Further reading
- Part III: Satellite applications
- Chapter 15: On-orbit VIIRS sensor calibration and validation in reflective solar bands (RSB)
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- Disclaimer
- 1: Introduction
- 2: The NOAA-20 VIIRS sensor
- 3: Overview of the prelaunch calibration
- 4: On-orbit radiometric calibration for reflective solar band
- 5: On-orbit calibration
- 6: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 16: The NOAA sounding Products Validation System (NPROVS)
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Data sources
- 3: Collocation compiling
- 4: Vertical statistics computation
- 5: Graphic applications
- 6: Summary
- References
- Chapter 17: Satellite microwave sounder product retrieval validation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Overview
- 2: Microwave sounder data
- 3: Microwave integrated retrieval system (MiRS)
- 4: MiRS product validation
- 5: Summary
- References
- Further reading
- Chapter 18: Considerations for thermal satellite infrared sounder applications
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Satellite thermal infrared remote sounding
- 2: Algorithm development
- 3: Algorithm validation
- 4: Applications
- 5: Summary and outlook
- References
- Chapter 19: Sea surface temperature validation and blended analysis
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Sea surface temperature products: An overview
- 2: In situ measurements in SST validation
- 3: Blended analysis of SST
- 4: Outlook
- References
- Chapter 20: Satellite ocean color validation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Satellite ocean color products
- 3: Field measurements of the radiance distribution
- 4: Field measurements of Rrs(λ)
- 5: Field measurements of water inherent optical properties
- 6: Field measurements of phytoplankton pigments and functional types
- 7: Matchup analysis
- 8: Concluding remarks
- References
- Chapter 21: Land surface temperature validation
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Land surface temperature product introduction
- 2: Methodology of LST retrieval
- 3: LST product validation
- 4: Summary
- References
- Chapter 22: Heterogeneity of smoke from fires: Evaluation of VIIRS smoke detection using FIREX-AQ field campaign data
- Abstract
- Acknowledgment
- Disclaimer
- 1: Introduction
- 2: NOAA JPSS enterprise processing system aerosol detection product
- 3: Comparison of ADPe with ADPv
- 4: Conclusions
- References
- Chapter 23: Downburst monitoring and prediction studies
- Abstract
- Acknowledgments
- 1: Introduction
- 2: Theoretical background of severe convective windstorms: Genesis and evolution
- 3: Field measurement application methodology
- 4: Case studies of field measurement applications
- 5: Summary
- References
- Index
- Edition: 1
- Published: September 27, 2022
- Imprint: Elsevier
- No. of pages: 458
- Language: English
- Paperback ISBN: 9780128239537
- eBook ISBN: 9780128242261
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Nicholas R. Nalli
Dr. Nicholas Nalli received his B.S and M.S. degrees in Education from the State University of New York, College at Oneonta, and M.S. and Ph.D. degrees in Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences from the University of Wisconsin-Madison. He was awarded a four-year Postdoctoral Fellowship with the Cooperative Institute for Research in the Atmosphere (CIRA), Colorado State University, which he completed onsite at NOAA/NESDIS/STAR as a Visiting Scientist. Dr. Nalli is currently a Senior Research Scientist (onsite contractor) at STAR, where he performs applied and basic research. His primary research specialty is in environmental satellite remote sensing, radiative transfer and validation, with a focus on oceanic and atmospheric applications. Other research interests include atmospheric aerosols, air-sea interactions, boundary layer and marine meteorology, oceanographic intensive field campaigns, forensic science, and global climate change applications. He is also interested and active in science education and public outreach.
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