TY - BOOK ID - 210682 TI - Microwave radiometry of vegetation canopies PY - 2006 SN - 1280625171 9786610625178 1402046820 1402046812 9048171709 PB - Dordrecht : Springer, DB - UniCat KW - Forest conservation. KW - Microwave spectroscopy. KW - Forest monitoring. KW - Forests and forestry KW - Environmental monitoring KW - Molecular spectroscopy KW - Radiofrequency spectroscopy KW - Conservation of forests KW - Forest preservation KW - Preservation of forests KW - Nature conservation KW - Deforestation KW - Monitoring KW - Conservation KW - Control KW - Climatic changes. KW - Microwaves. KW - Climate Change. KW - Classical Electrodynamics. KW - Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering. KW - Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry. KW - Changes, Climatic KW - Changes in climate KW - Climate change KW - Climate change science KW - Climate changes KW - Climate variations KW - Climatic change KW - Climatic changes KW - Climatic fluctuations KW - Climatic variations KW - Global climate changes KW - Global climatic changes KW - Climatology KW - Climate change mitigation KW - Teleconnections (Climatology) KW - Hertzian waves KW - Electric waves KW - Electromagnetic waves KW - Geomagnetic micropulsations KW - Radio waves KW - Shortwave radio KW - Environmental aspects KW - Climate change. KW - Optics. KW - Electrodynamics. KW - Optical engineering. KW - Remote sensing. KW - Remote-sensing imagery KW - Remote sensing systems KW - Remote terrain sensing KW - Sensing, Remote KW - Terrain sensing, Remote KW - Aerial photogrammetry KW - Aerospace telemetry KW - Detectors KW - Space optics KW - Mechanical engineering KW - Dynamics KW - Physics KW - Light KW - Global environmental change UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:210682 AB - Research into microwave radiation from the Earth’s surface in the presence of vegetation canopies, as well as the development of algorithms for retrieval of soil and vegetation parameters from microwave radiometric measurements, have been actively conducted for the last 30 years by scientific groups worldwide. The capability of the microwave radiometric method to determine soil moisture and vegetation biometric indices was revealed 25 years ago by the author and his colleagues. Soil moisture and vegetation covers play a key role in the hydrological cycle and in water and energy transfer on the border of land surface and atmosphere through evaporation and transpiration. Accomplishment of large international projects shows that microwave radiometry of soil and vegetation has become an instrument of practical application and operational use. A systematic account of questions concerning the microwave radiometry of the Earth’s surface in the presence of vegetation canopies is the main objective of the book. ER -