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POLAR OCEANS FROM SPACE

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ISBN 10:

0387366288

ISBN 13:

9780387366289

Publisher:

SPRINGER-VERLAG NEW YORK INC.

Pub. date:

1 January, 2010

Series:

Atmospheric and Oceanographic Sciences Library 41

Pages:

507

Description:

Presents information derived from satellite data and explains how such data, in conjunction with ancillary data, have enhanced knowledge about the polar oceans and associated processes. This title discusses the changes of ice-covered oceans in addition to how these changes may be related to observed environmental changes.

Synopsis:

Only a few centuries ago, we knew very little about our planet Earth. The Earth was considered flat by many although it was postulated by a few like Aristotle that it is spherical based on observations that included the study of lunar eclipses. Much later, Christopher Columbus successfully sailed to the West to discover the New World and Ferdinand Magellan's ship circumnavigated the globe to prove once and for all that the Earth is indeed a sphere. Worldwide navigation and explorations that followed made it clear that the Earth is huge and rather impossible to study solely by foot or by water. The advent of air travel made it a lot easier to do exploratory studies and enabled the mapping of the boundaries of continents and the oceans. But aircraft coverage was limited and it was not until the satellite era that full c- erage of the Earth's surface became available. Many of the early satellites were research satellites and that meant in part the development of engineering measurement systems with no definite applications in mind. The Nimbus-5 Electrically Scanning Microwave Radiometer (ESMR) was a classic case in point. The sensor was built with the idea that it may be useful for meteorological research and especially rainfall studies over the oceans, but success in this area of study was very limited.

Illustrations:

5 Tables, black and white; X, 430 p. 267 illus., 171 illus. in color.

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Springer-Verlag New York Inc.

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