Understanding Earth Observation (eBook)

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.