Radar Remote Sensing: Applications and Challenges

Radar Remote Sensing: Applications and Challenges advances the scientific understanding, development, and application of radar remote sensing using monostatic, bistatic and multi-static radar geometry. This multidisciplinary reference pulls together a collection of the recent developments and applications of radar remote sensing using different radar geometry and platforms at local, regional and global levels.  Radar Remote Sensing is for researchers and practitioners with earth and environmental and meteorological sciences, who are interested in radar remote sensing in ground based scatterometer and SAR systems; air borne scatterometer and SAR systems; space borne scatterometer and SAR systems. Covers monostatic, bistatic and multi-static radar geometry Features case studies, including experimental investigations, for practical application Includes geophysical, oceanographical, and meteorological Synthetic Aperture Radar data INDICE: Section I General 1. Introduction to radar remote sensing 2. Theory of monostatic, bistatic & multi-static radar systems 3. Polarimetric and Interferometric radar systems 4. Components and types of radar system (Antennas, Filters, Absorbers, Waveguides, generator and receiver) 5. Radar cross section measurement and analysis Section II Conventional methods for radar remote sensing 6. Propagation of radar signal in different medium 7. Various algorithms for the retrieval of soil moisture using various SAR data 8. Various algorithms for the retrieval of crop growth variables using various SAR data 9. Various algorithms for the retrieval of forest biomass and mapping of biodiversity using various SAR data 10. Mapping and monitoring of natural hazards using various radar data 11. Various algorithms for the retrieval of precipitation using various radar data Section III:  Advanced methods for radar remote sensing 12. Different machine algorithm for the land application using monostatic SAR data 13. Different machine algorithm for the land application using bistatic scatterometer/SAR data 14. Polarimetric and Interferometric SAR for land applications Section IV: Future challenges in radar remote sensing 15. Challenges in radar remote sensing in various land applications 16. Description about operational and future spaceborne SAR systems

• ISBN: 978-0-12-823457-0
• Editorial: Elsevier
• Encuadernacion: Rústica
• Páginas: 425
• Fecha Publicación: 01/06/2022
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés