| | | Preface | | |
| | | Abbreviations | | |
| | | List of figures | | |
| | | List of tables | | |
| | | List of abbreviations and names of satellites and sensors | | |
| | | List of symbols and nomenclature | | |
| 1 | | Introduction | | 1 |
| 1.1 | | An important observational tool for planetary science | | 1 |
| 1.2 | | Putting remote sensing to work for oceanographers | | 3 |
| 1.3 | | The oceanographic scope of the book | | 4 |
| 1.4 | | Reference | | 6 |
| 2 | | The methods of satellite oceanography | | 7 |
| 2.1 | | Ocean remote-sensing techniques---a summary | | 7 |
| 2.2 | | The unique sampling capabilities of sensors on satellites | | 9 |
| 2.2.1 | | Creating image-like data fields from point samples | | 9 |
| 2.2.2 | | Satellite orbits and how they constrain remote sensing | | 11 |
| 2.2.3 | | The space-time sampling capabilities of satellite sensors | | 14 |
| 2.3 | | Generic data-processing tasks | | 16 |
| 2.3.1 | | Sensor calibration | | 17 |
| 2.3.2 | | Atmospheric correction | | 19 |
| 2.3.3 | | Positional registration | | 21 |
| 2.3.4 | | Geophysical product derivation | | 21 |
| 2.3.5 | | Image resampling onto map projections | | 23 |
| 2.3.6 | | Composite image maps | | 26 |
| 2.4 | | Sensor types for observing the ocean | | 28 |
| 2.4.1 | | Using the electromagnetic spectrum | | 28 |
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