Karmakar P. Microwave Propagation and Remote Sensing

Boca Raton: CRC Press, 2012. — 250 p.This text will be concerned with the unguided propagation of microwaves in the neutral atmosphere. This finds many extremely important applications in science and engineering. These include transmission of intelligence and radiometric application for probing the atmosphere. The radiometric application in the microwave band for characterization and modeling of the atmospheric constituents is also included in this text, which we call remote sensing of the neutral atmosphere. It demands, therefore, an updated account of the results in this field of research to be gathered and presented in a single volume with an elaborated discussion in microwave propagation through the neutral atmosphere. This book is intended to deal with different aspects of microwave propagation like reflection and refraction in great detail with special emphasis on microwave absorption by different atmospheric constituents including rain. In all chapters, the literature references are intended only to be representative of some of the reviews and classic papers along with enough of a selection from recent work to enable the reader to get an impression of the nature of the current activity. The selection of citations from such a wealth of excellent work is more random than calculated. I extend my apologies for those omitted through the action of laws of chance.