Volume 2 is a companion to Volume 1. It is a comprehensive description
of satellite remote sensing applications to all aspects of polar
glaciology, including not only ice sheets but also icebergs and
interactions between ice sheets and the atmosphere and the ocean. It
also includes a chapter on the important new field of satellite
synthetic-aperture rader interfermetry. There should be something of
interest to most polar researchers and those interested in climate
research. As in Volume 1, Volume 2 includes a review of the current
state of each discipline, including current questions and issues and
related suggestions for research applications of satellite remote
sensing. There are many satellite remote sensing texts available, but
very few are specifically tailored to, or even contain significant
information on the Earth's polar regions. The text is sufficiently
comprehensive to summarize fundamental principles of detectors, imaging
and geophysical product retrieval, in three dedicated chapters. In
effect, the text serves as much as possible as a "one stop shop" for
polar remote sensing information. As with Volume 1, the book is
extensively referenced, and in an up-to-date fashion. In addition to
purely scientific applications, the book also discusses practical and
operational issues, such as how polar satellite data can be obtained and
how they can be used in expedition planning and logistics.
This book is up to date, covering applications of both "heritage"
(multi-decadal) remote sensing time series, and new applications from
NASA Earth Observing System and similar sensors launched since the year
2000. It also covers future missions.
