Advances during the last two decades in radio electronics, space science and computers have turned remote sensing technology into one of the most effective tools for global exploration and environmental monitoring. This book is a comprehensive account of the theoretical models and techniques required for a full interpretation of the rich images and data that remote sensing can provide. Starting with the basics of vector radiative transfer and scattering theory, the book goes on to develop quantitative methods involving most comprehensive models of discrete scatters, continuous random media and randomly rough surfaces. References are constantly made to real-world parameters and models involved in the probing of different types of geographical terrain. The book is intended as an introductory graduate text and a research reference. It assumes a reasonable foundation in electromagnetism and common techniques in mathematical physics.
Contents:
- Stokes Vector and the VRT Equation
- Components in the VRT Equation
- Parameters in the VRT Applications
- Numerical Approach to the VRT Equation
- Numerical Approach for Inhomogeneous Random Media
- Analytic Wave Theory of Random Media
- Strong Fluctuation Theory
- Dense Medium Radiative Transfer Theory (DMRT)
- Scattering from Randomly Rough Surface
Readership: Graduate students and researchers in applied physics, engineering and earth sciences.
