Research Catalog

Title

STAR looks at the Earth : satellite measurements of the atmosphere, oceans, and land / by the scientists of the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) and their collaborators ; edited by Alfred M. Powell, Jr., George Ohring, Mike Kalb, Mike Goldberg.

Author

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.), author.

Publication

[Washington, D.C.] : National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2012.

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Details

Additional Authors

• Powell, Alfred M.
• Ohring, George
• Kalb, Mike
• Goldberg, Mike
• United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, issuing body.
• United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issuing body.
• United States. Department of Commerce, issuing body.

Description

171 pages : color illustrations, color maps; 21 x 27 cm

Alternative Title

Satellite measurements of the atmosphere, oceans, and land

Subjects

• Scientific satellites
• Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.)
• Remote sensing

Note

• Shipping list no.: 2013-0043-P.

Contents

• Prelude -- The satellite system. Satellite remote sensing 101 ; Evolution of the global satellite observing system ; Research to operations ; Calibration ; Checking the measurements ; The NOAA products validation system ; Web-based monitoring -- The atmosphere. Atmospheric temperature sounding ; Atmospheric water vapor sounding ; Winds ; Cloud properties ; Amazon rivers in the sky ; Precipitation and flash floods ; Atmospheric instability : signaling extreme weather ; Thunderstorms and tornadoes ; Bridging the gap : nearcasting ; Tropical cyclones ; Snowfall ; Satellite data assimilation ; The community radiative transfer model ; Cloud resolving models ; Air quality ; Nitrogen dioxide ; Microburst prediction ; Aviation hazards : volcanic ash -- Oceans. Planet ocean ; Sea surface temperature from polar satellites ; Ocean temperature : the continuous view ; GEO-LEO sea surface temperatures ; Ocean surface winds ; Satellite sea surface salinity ; Sea ice ; Ocean color remote sensing ; Global distribution of coccolithophore blooms ; Coastal water quality ; The ocean surface topography satellite constellation ; Aliasing of altimeter observations ; Mapping the global ocean floor from space ; International efforts to improve global ocean depth map ; Oceanic and atmospheric features from synthetic aperture radar ; High-resolution coastal winds ; Ocean hazards response : oil spills ; CoastWatch ; Oceanic heat content.
• Land. The continents ; Drought and vegetation health ; Global vegetation and society ; Snow cover ; Soil moisture ; Land surface temperature ; Urbanization, heat islands, and climate ; Vegetation fires ; Sunlight -- Climate. Our changing planet ; Earth radiation budget ; Greenhouse gases ; Atmospheric temperature trends ; Trends in temperature profiles from a single instrument ; Sea surface temperature trends ; Cloudiness trends ; Global precipitation monitoring ; Water vapor trends ; Sea level rise ; Monitoring the world's ozone ; Arctic Sea ice cover trends ; Arctic Sea ice thickness ; Coral bleaching ; Vegetation and surface temperature trends ; Satellite vegetation phenology ; Aerosols, volcanoes and climate ; Arctic climate interactions ; Climate reconstructions ; Checking climate reanalyses ; Abrupt climate change.

Call Number

JBF 17-540

LCCN

2013376932

OCLC

822038255

Author

Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.), author.

Title

STAR looks at the Earth : satellite measurements of the atmosphere, oceans, and land / by the scientists of the Center for Satellite Applications and Research (STAR) and their collaborators ; edited by Alfred M. Powell, Jr., George Ohring, Mike Kalb, Mike Goldberg.

Publisher

[Washington, D.C.] : National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, U.S. Department of Commerce, 2012.

Type of Content

text

still image

cartographic image

Type of Medium

unmediated

Type of Carrier

volume

Connect to:

http://purl.fdlp.gov/GPO/gpo32757

Added Author

Powell, Alfred M., editor.

Ohring, George, editor.

Kalb, Mike, editor.

Goldberg, Mike, editor.

United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, issuing body.

United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issuing body.

United States. Department of Commerce, issuing body.

Other Form:

Online verison: Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.). STAR looks at the Earth (OCoLC)823231735

Online version: Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.) STAR looks at the Earth (OCoLC)981748725

Gpo Item No.

0273-D-01

Sudoc No.

C 55.202:EA 7/7

Research Call Number

JBF 17-540