Remote Sensing with Imaging Radar

• Main Author: Richards, John A. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
• Series: Signals and Communication Technology,
• Subjects: Engineering.; Mathematical geography.; Computer vision.; Geographical information systems.; Microwaves.; Environmental toxicology.; Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering.; Signal, Image and Speech Processing.; Computer Applications in Earth Sciences.; Ecotoxicology.; Image Processing and Computer Vision.; Geographical Information Systems/Cartography.
• Online Access: https://ezaccess.library.uitm.edu.my/login?url=http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-02020-9

This book treats the technology of radar imaging for remote sensing applications in a manner suited to the mathematical background of most earth scientists. It assumes no prior knowledge of radar on the part of the reader; instead it commences with a development of the essential concepts of radar be...

Table of Contents:

• The Radiation Framework
• The Technology of Radar Imaging
• Backscattering Characteristics of Earth Surface Materials: Radar Signatures
• Radar Image Distortion and Correction
• Image Interpretation and Backscatter Modelling
• SAR Image Formation
• Radar Polarimetry
• Radar Interferometry: Insar
• Introduction to Passive Microwave Remote Sensing.