Remote sensing of the cryosphere / edited by M. Tedesco, City College of New York, New York, US. ; series editor: Dr. Peter Knight, University of Keele.

Cover; Wiley-Blackwell Cryosphere Science Series; Title Page; Copyright; Dedication; List of contributors; Cryosphere Science: Series Preface; Preface; Acknowledgments; About the companion website; Chapter 1: Remote sensing and the cryosphere; Summary; 1.1 Introduction; 1.2 Remote sensing; 1.3 The cryosphere; References; Chapter 2: Electromagnetic properties of components of the cryosphere; Summary; 2.1 Electromagnetic properties of snow; 2.2 Electromagnetic properties of sea ice; 2.3 Electromagnetic properties of freshwater ice; 2.4 Electromagnetic properties of glaciers and ice sheets.

2.5 Electromagnetic properties of frozen soilReferences; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 3: Remote sensing of snow extent; Summary; 3.1 Introduction; 3.2 Visible/near-infrared snow products; 3.3 Passive microwave products; 3.4 Blended VNIR/PM products; 3.5 Satellite snow extent as input to hydrological models; 3.6 Concluding remarks; Acknowledgments; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 4: Remote sensing of snow albedo, grain size, and pollution from space; Summary; 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Forward modeling; 4.3 Local optical properties of a snow layer; 4.4 Inverse problem.

4.5 Pitfalls of retrievals4.6 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 5: Remote sensing of snow depth and snow water equivalent; Summary; 5.1 Introduction; 5.2 Photogrammetry; 5.3 LiDAR; 5.4 Gamma radiation; 5.5 Gravity data; 5.6 Passive microwave data; 5.7 Active microwave data; 5.8 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 6: Remote sensing of melting snow and ice; Summary; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 General considerations on optical/thermal and microwave sensors and techniques for remote sensing of melting.

6.3 Remote sensing of melting over land6.4 Remote sensing of melting over Greenland; 6.5 Remote sensing of melting over Antarctica; 6.6 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Chapter 7: Remote sensing of glaciers; Summary; 7.1 Introduction; 7.2 Fundamentals; 7.3 Satellite instruments for glacier research; 7.4 Methods; 7.5 Glaciers of the Greenland ice sheet; 7.6 Summary; References; Acronyms; Websites cited; Chapter 8: Remote sensing of accumulation over the Greenland and Antarctic ice sheets; Summary; 8.1 Introduction to accumulation.

8.2 Spaceborne methods for determining accumulation over ice sheets8.3 Airborne and ground-based measurements of accumulation; 8.4 Modeling of accumulation; 8.5 The future for remote sensing of accumulation; 8.6 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Website cited; Chapter 9: Remote sensing of ice thickness and surface velocity; Summary; 9.1 Introduction; 9.2 Radar principles; 9.3 Pulse compression; 9.4 Antennas; 9.5 Example results; 9.6 SAR and array processing; 9.7 SAR Interferometry; 9.8 Conclusions; References; Acronyms; Chapter 10: Gravimetry measurements from space; Summary.

The cryosphere, that region of the world where water is temporarily or permanently frozen, plays a crucial role on our planet. Recent developments in remote sensing techniques, and the acquisition of new data sets, have resulted in significant advances in our understanding of all components of the cryosphere and its processes. This book, based on contributions from 40 leading experts, offers a comprehensive and authoritative overview of the methods, techniques and recent advances in applications of remote sensing of the cryosphere. Examples of the topics covered include: snow extent, depth,