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1 online resource |
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Front Cover; Taking The Temperature of The Earth: Steps towards Integrated Understanding of Variability and Change; Copyright; Contents; Contributors; Chapter 1: Introduction to the Remote Sensing of Earth-Surface Temperatures; Reference; Chapter 2: Global Sea Surface Temperature; 2.1. Introduction; 2.1.1. Importance of Global Sea Surface Temperature; 2.1.2. Definitions of Sea Surface Temperature; 2.1.2.1. Foundation Temperature; 2.1.2.2. Near-Surface Depth Temperatures; 2.1.2.3. The Thermal Skin of the Ocean; 2.1.3. Global and Seasonal Distributions of SST |
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2.1.4. Large-Scale SST-Atmosphere Interactions2.1.5. Sea Surface Temperature and Climate; 2.2. Retrieval and Measurement Methodology; 2.2.1. Relationship of SST to Top-of-Atmosphere Radiances; 2.2.2. Satellite Infrared Retrievals of SST; 2.2.3. Satellite Microwave Retrievals of SST; 2.3. Validation; 2.3.1. Types of In Situ Measurements of Sea Surface Temperature; 2.3.2. Factors Causing Alternative Sea Surface Temperature Measurements to Differ; 2.3.3. Practical Validation Approaches; 2.3.4. Sea Surface Temperature Validation and Uncertainty Budgets; 2.4. Satellite Data Availability |
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2.4.1. Selected Missions Past and Present2.4.1.1. AVHRRs; 2.4.1.2. (A)ATSRs; 2.4.1.3. MODIS; 2.4.1.4. VIIRS; 2.4.1.5. SEVIRI; 2.4.1.6. GOES Imager; 2.4.1.7. Advanced Himawari Imager (AHI) and the Advanced Baseline Imager (ABI); 2.4.2. International Collaboration on Data Sharing; 2.4.3. Future Developments in Satellite SST; 2.4.3.1. Higher Spatial-Resolution Infra-Red Radiometers; 2.4.3.2. More Capable Microwave Radiometers; 2.5. Science Applications; 2.5.1. Operational Forecasting; 2.5.1.1. Numerical Weather Prediction; 2.5.1.2. Ocean Forecasting; 2.5.1.3. Seasonal and Interannual Forecasting |
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2.5.2. Climate Monitoring and Research2.5.2.1. Teleconnection Studies; 2.5.2.2. Monitoring Long-Term Trends in SST; 2.5.3. Marine Biology; 2.5.3.1. Coral Reefs; 2.5.3.2. Fisheries; 2.5.4. Concluding Remarks; References; Further Reading; Chapter 3: Land Surface Temperature; 3.1. Introduction; 3.2. Thermal Infrared Theory; 3.2.1. Thermal Emission; 3.2.2. Emissivity and Kirchhoff's Law; 3.2.3. Thermal Infrared Radiative Transfer; 3.3. 1st Retrieval Algorithms; 3.3.1. Deterministic Approaches; 3.3.1.1. Single-Band Inversion; 3.3.1.2. Split-Window 1st Algorithms; 3.3.2. Nondeterministic Approaches |
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3.3.2.1. MODIS Day/Night Algorithm3.3.2.2. Kalman Filter (KF) for Geostationary Data; 3.3.2.3. Temperature Emissivity Separation (TES) Algorithm: Background; 3.3.2.3.1. Normalized Emissivity Method (NEM); 3.3.2.3.2. Alpha-Derived Emissivity (ADE); 3.3.2.3.3. Temperature-Independent Spectral Indices (TISI); 3.3.2.4. Temperature Emissivity Separation (TES) Algorithm; 3.3.2.4.1. Normalized Emissivity Module (NEM); 3.3.2.4.2. Ratio Module; 3.3.2.4.3. Minimum-Maximum Difference (MMD) Module; 3.3.2.4.4. TES Calibration Curve; 3.4. Validation; 3.4.1. Introduction |
| Summary |
Taking the Temperature of the Earth: Steps towards Integrated Understanding of Variability and Change presents an integrated, collaborative approach to observing and understanding various surface temperatures from a whole-Earth perspective. The book describes the progress in improving the quality of surface temperatures across different domains of the Earth's surface (air, land, sea, lakes and ice), assessing variability and long-term trends, and providing applications of surface temperature data to detect and better understand Earth system behavior. As cooperation is essential between scientific communities, whose focus on particular domains of Earth's surface and on different components of the observing system help to accelerate scientific understanding and multiply the benefits for society, this book bridges the gap between domains |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
| Notes |
Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed June 20, 2019) |
| Subject |
Climatic changes.
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Climate Change
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climate change.
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BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Infrastructure.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Climatic changes
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Ghent, Darren, author
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| ISBN |
9780128144596 |
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0128144599 |
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0128144580 |
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9780128144589 |
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