Understanding Earth Observation

Domenico Solimini has obtained the tenure as assistant professor at the University of Rome, Italy, since 1966, and as full professor since 1980. In 1981 he moved to the newly established Tor Vergata University, Rome,Italy, where he acted as dean of Engineering curricula faculties, department director, and PhD coordinator. His teaching has concerned electromagnetic fields, antennas, propagation, and remote sensing. He received the 2005 IEEE Geoscience and Remote Sensing Society Education Award. His research mainly concerns passive and active remote sensing of both Earth's atmosphere and solid land surface, also within several international projects. He has authored and co-authored a few hundred publications. He is a co-founder of GEO-K, a geoinformation company spin-off of Tor Vergata University.

Contents

Preface.-List of Figures.- List of Tables.- 1. The Electromagnetic Field.-2. Dielectric Behavior of Terrestrial Materials.- 3. Electromagnetic Sources and Radiation.- 4. Waves and Fields.- 5. Propagation.- 6. Reection.- 7. Scattering.- 8. Thermal Emission.- 9. Radiative Transfer and Passive Sensing.- 10.Electromagnetic Spectrum and Remote Information.- 11.Antennas and Apertures in Earth Observation.- 12.Earth Surface Rendering from Images.- 13.Sensing Surface and Underneath Features.- 14.Wave Interaction with Land, Water and Air.- A. Vectors, Coordinates and operators.- Acronyms.- Symbols.

"The book Understanding Earth Observation - The Electromagnetic Foundation of Remote Sensing is a very comprehensive presentation about earth observation sensor types, techniques and calculations. ... presents a complete summary that leads to a comprehensive understanding of the elements and factors involved in using and applying earth observation remote sensing to acquire accurate, reliable and useful data. This text is a good candidate as a reference text due to the comprehensive presentation and up-to-date material and should be considered." (Jeff Thurston, 3D Visualization World Magazine, 3dvisworld.com, November, 2016)