ABSTRACT
Recent advances in theory and observations using passive microwave remote sensing have hightlighted the potential of spaceborne sensors for contributing to the required land surface measurements of soils, vegetation, snow cover and precipitation. Furthermore, the spatial resolution of passive microwave observations matches the special scales of large-scale models of land-atmosphere interactions both for data assimilation and validation.
In order to stimulate and focus this research a workshop, sponsored by ESA and NASA, was organized to review the state-of-the-art in microwave radiometry related to land applications and to exchange ideas leading into new directions for future research.
This volume contains the refereed papers from the aforementioned ESA/NASA workshop, which are arranged by topic, as well as the (edited) working group reports.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part |92 pages
Global and mesoscale modeling and data needs
part |132 pages
Synergism
part |90 pages
Snow
part |106 pages
Vegetation
part |85 pages
Soil moisture
part |61 pages
Surface temperature
part |66 pages
Atmospheric correction and precipitation
part |12 pages
Instrumentation
part |39 pages
Working group reports