Radiative Transfer in Coupled Environmental Systems: An Introduction to Forward and Inverse Modeling

This textbook is the first to focus on teaching readers how to formulate and solve forward and inverse problems related to coupled media, and provides examples of how to solve concrete problems in environmental remote sensing of coupled atmosphere–surface systems. To this end, the authors discuss radiative transfer in coupled media, such as the atmosphere–ocean system with Lambertian as well non–Lambertian reflecting surfaces at the lower boundary. The spectral range from the ultraviolet to the microwave region of the electromagnetic spectrum is considered, as are multi–spectral as well as hyperspectral remote sensing, while solutions of the forward problem for unpolarized and polarized radiation are discussed in considerable detail. INDICE: INTRODUCTION. Brief History. What is Meant by a Coupled System?. Scope. . INHERENT OPTICAL PROPERTIES (IOPs). General Definitions. Examples of Scattering Phase Functions. Scattering Phase Matrix. IOPs of a Polydisperision of Particles –. Integration Over the Size Distribution. Scattering of an Electromagnetic Wave by Particles. Absorption and Scattering by Spherical Particles –. Mie Theory. Atmosphere IOPs. Snow and Ice IOPs. Water IOPs. Fresnel Reflectance and Transmittance at a Plane Interface between Two Coupled Media. Surface Roughness Treatment. Problems. . BASIC RADIATIVE TRANSFER THEORY. Derivation of the Radiative Transfer Equation (RTE). Radiative Transfer of Unpolarized Radiation in Coupled Systems. Radiative Transfer of Polarized Radiation in Coupled Systems. Methods of Solution of the RTE. Calculation of Weighting Functions –. Jacobians. Problems. . FORWARD RADIATIVE TRANSFER MODELING. Quadrature Rule –. The Double–Gauss Method. Discrete Ordinate Equations –. Compact Matrix Formulation. Discrete Ordinate Solutions. Problems. . THE INVERSE PROBLEM. Probability and Rules for Consistent Reasoning. Parameter Estimation. Model Selection of Hypothesis Testing. Assigning Probabilities. Generic Formulation of the Inverse Problem. Linear Inverse Problems. Bayesian Approach to the Inverse Problem. Ill–Posedness of Ill–Conditioning. Nonlinear Inverse Problems. Problems. . APPLICATIONS. Principal Component (PC) Analysis. Simultaneous Retrieval of Total Ozone Column (TOC) Amount and Cloud Effects. Coupled Atmosphere–Snow–Ice Systems. Coupled Atmosphere–Water Systems. Simultaneous Retrieval of Aerosol and Aquatic Parameters. Polarized RT in a Coupled Atmosphere–Ocean System. What if MODIS Could Measure Polarization?. . APPENDIX. Scattering of Electromagnetic Waves. Spectral Sampling Strategies. Rough Surface Scattering and Transmission. Bundary Conditions.

• ISBN: 978-3-527-41138-2
• Editorial: Wiley VCH
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 375
• Fecha Publicación: 16/04/2015
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés