1st Edition

Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice

By W. Gareth Rees Copyright 2006
312 Pages
by CRC Press

312 Pages
by CRC Press

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... Read more
The cryosphere. Remote sensing systems for observations of the Earth’s surface. Image processing techniques. Physical properties of snow and ice. Remote sensing of snow cover. Remote sensing of sea ice. Remote sensing of freshwater ice. Remote sensing of glaciers, ice sheets and ice shelves. Remote sensing of icebergs. Conclusions.

Biography

Rees, W. Gareth