Download or read book Photopolarimetry in Remote Sensing written by Gorden Videen and published by Springer Science & Business Media. This book was released on 2004-09-01 with total page 526 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Photopolarimetric remote sensing is vital in fields as diverse as medical diagnostics, astrophysics, atmospheric science, environmental monitoring and military intelligence. The areas considered here include: radiative transfer; dynamic systems; backscatter polarization; biological systems; astrophysical phenomena; comets; and instrumentation. Subtopics include observational information including determining morphology and chemistry, light-scattering models, and characterization methodologies. While this introductory text highlights the latest advances in this multi-disciplinary topic, it is also a reference guide for the advanced researcher.