posted 09-11-2013 12:31 PM               

"Meteorological Satellite Systems" is a primer on weather satellites and their Earth applications.

This book will review historic developments and recent technological advancements in GEO and polar orbiting meteorological satellites. It will explore the evolution of these remote sensing technologies and their capabilities to monitor short- and long-term changes in weather patterns in response to climate change. Satellites developed by various countries, such as U.S. meteorological satellites, EUMETSAT, and Russian, Chinese, Japanese and Indian satellite platforms are reviewed.

This book also discusses international efforts to coordinate meteorological remote sensing data collection and sharing.

• 2014, 125 p. 15 illus., 8 illus. in color.
  
• Springer, Softcover
  
• ISBN 978-1-4614-9419-5
  
• Due: December 20, 2013