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Remote sensing of aerosols, clouds, and precipitation / edited by Tanvir Islam, NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pasadena, CA, United States, Yongxiang Hu, NASA Langley Research Center, Hampton, VA, United States, Alexander Kokhanovsky, EUMETSAT, Darmstadt, Germany, Jun Wang, The University of Iowa, Iowa City, IA, United States. - Netherlands Elsevier 2018 - xvi, 347 pages : color illustrations, color maps ;

Includes bibliographical references and index. Includes bibliographical references and index.

"[C]ompiles recent advances in aerosols, clouds, and precipitation remote sensing from new satellite observations. The book examines a wide range of measurements from microwave (both active and passive), visible, and infrared portions of the electromagnetic spectrum. It also explores the recent launches of satellites that involve advanced active and passive remote sensing instruments, and the new opportunities and challenges they offer for exploring novel methods and applications, and, potentially, for further progressions"--

ISBN: 9780128104378 (pbk.) 0128104376

Subjects--Topical Terms:
Atmospheric physics
Atmospheric aerosols
Clouds
Precipitation (Meteorology)
Atmospheric physics
Clouds
Precipitation (Meteorology)

Dewey Class. No.: 551.57028 / ISL