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High latitude climate and remote sensing

Title
High latitude climate and remote sensing / K. Ya. Kondratyev, O. M. Johannessen, V. V. Melentyev.
Author
Kondratʹev, K. I︠A︡. (Kirill I︠A︡kovlevich)
Publication
Chichester : John Wiley, [1996], ©1996.

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Additional Authors
  • Johannessen, Ola M.
  • Melentʹev, V. V.
Description
vii, 200 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color), maps; 25 cm.
Series Statement
Wiley-Praxis series in remote sensing
Uniform Title
Wiley-Praxis series in remote sensing.
Subjects
Note
  • 'Published in association with Praxis Publishing, Chichester' - t.p.
Bibliography (note)
  • Bibliography: p. 168-194.
Contents
1. Introduction: scientific rationale for high latitude climate studies -- 2. High latitude processes and global climate -- 3. Remote sensing of polar ice and snow properties for the purpose of climate monitoring -- 4. The physical basis for microwave sounding of the Earth-atmosphere system with negative air temperatures -- 5. Numerical modelling of the spectral-polarization properties of fresh-water and sea ice, snow cover and frozen soil -- 6. Problems of climatic interpretation of the passive and active microwave satellite data -- 7. Remote sensing of ice and snow cover: the Russian experience -- 8. Conclusion.
ISBN
0471960934 :
LCCN
gb 96010582
OCLC
  • 35771055
  • ocm35771055
Owning Institutions
Columbia University Libraries