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Exploration of the solar system by infrared remote sensing /
This book describes all aspects of the theory, instrumental techniques and observational results of the remote sensing of objects in our Solar System through studies of infrared radiation. Fully revised since publication of the first edition in 1992, it now incorporates the latest technologies, new...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Cambridge ; New York :
Cambridge University Press,
2003.
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| Edición: | 2nd ed. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- Cover
- Half-title
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Introduction to first edition
- Introduction to second edition
- 1 Foundation of radiation theory
- 1.1 Maxwell's equations
- 1.2 Conservation of energy and the Poynting vector
- 1.3 Wave propagation
- 1.4 Polarization
- 1.5 Boundary conditions
- 1.6 Reflection, refraction, and the Fresnel equations
- 1.7 The Planck function
- 1.8 The Poynting vector, specific intensity, and net flux
- 2 Radiative transfer
- 2.1 The equation of transfer
- a. Definitions and geometry
- b. Microscopic processes
- c. The total field.
- D. The diffuse field
- 2.2 Formal solutions
- 2.3 Invariance principles
- a. Definitions
- b. The stacking of layers
- c. Composite scattering and transmission functions
- d. Starting solutions
- 2.4 Special cases
- a. Nonscattering atmospheres
- b. Optically thin atmospheres
- 2.5 Scattering atmospheres
- the two-stream approximation
- a. Single scattering phase function
- b. Separation of variables
- c. Discrete streams
- d. Homogeneous solution
- e. Outside point source
- 3 Interaction of radiation with matter
- 3.1 Absorption and emission in gases.
- A. The old quantum theory
- b. The Schrödinger equation
- c. Energy levels and radiative transitions
- 3.2 Vibration and rotation of molecules
- 3.3 Diatomic molecules
- a. Vibration
- b. Rotation
- c. Vibration-rotation interaction
- d. Collision-induced transitions
- 3.4 Polyatomic molecules
- a. Vibration
- b. Rotation
- c. Vibration-rotation transitions
- 3.5 Line strength
- 3.6 Line shape
- 3.7 Solid and liquid surfaces
- a. Solid and liquid phases
- b. Complex refractive indices
- 3.8 Cloud and aerosol particles
- a. Asymptotic scattering functions.
- B. Rigorous scattering theory
- general solution
- c. Particular solutions and boundary conditions
- d. The far field
- phase function and efficiency factors
- 4 The emerging radiation field
- 4.1 Models with one isothermal layer
- a. Without scattering
- b. With scattering
- 4.2 Models with a vertical temperature structure
- a. Single lapse rate
- b. Multiple lapse rates
- 4.3 Model with realistic molecular parameters
- 5 Instruments to measure the radiation field
- 5.1 Introduction to infrared radiometry
- 5.2 Optical elements
- 5.3 Diffraction limit.
- 5.4 Chopping, scanning, and image motion compensation
- a. D.C. radiometers
- b. Chopped or a.c. radiometers
- c. Image motion compensation
- 5.5 Intrinsic material properties
- a. Absorbing and reflecting filters
- b. Prism spectrometers
- c. Gas filter, selective chopper, and the pressure modulated radiometer
- 5.6 Interference phenomena in thin films
- a. Outline of thin film theory
- b. Antireflection coatings
- c. Beam dividers
- d. Interference filters and Fabry-Perot interferometers
- 5.7 Grating spectrometers
- 5.8 Fourier transform spectrometers.