Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice

Remote Sensing of Snow and Ice provides a comprehensive introduction to the remote sensing of Earth’s cryosphere. Presenting a technical review of how the properties of snow and ice relate to remote sensing observations, it focuses on principles by which useful geophysical information becomes encoded into the electromagnetic radiation detected during the remote sensing process. The author then discusses in detail the application of remote sensing methods to snow, freshwater ice, glaciers, and icebergs. The book concludes by summarizing what remote sensing has revealed about the cryosphere, where major technical problems still exist, and how these problems can be addressed.