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Remote sensing of sea ice and icebergs.

Author(s) : HAYKIN S., LEWIS E. O., RANEY R. K., ROSSITER J. R.

Type of monograph: Book

Summary

Part of the Wiley series in remote sensing, the book covers several new systems that are just becoming operational, i.e. RADARSAT, the Canadian radar satellite to be launched in 1995. Extract of contents: introduction; properties of snow and ice; acoustic and seismic sensing techniques; ice-thickness measurement; passive microwave systems; active microwave systems; over-the-horizon radar; surface-based radar: noncoherent and coherent; operational airborne radars; synthetic aperture radar images of sea ice; RADARSAT and operational ice information; supplementary topics and future directions.

Details

  • Original title: Remote sensing of sea ice and icebergs.
  • Record ID : 1995-1947
  • Languages: English
  • Subject: Environment
  • Publication: John Wiley & Sons - United kingdom/United kingdom
  • Publication date: 1994
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  • ISBN: 0471554944
  • Source: Source: 686 p. (16.1 x 24.1); fig.; tabl.; index.
  • Document available for consultation in the library of the IIR headquarters only.

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