There is no ideal textbook for this course and hence no ‘required’ textbook. However, we will make substantial use of Petty (2006), which is quite affordable. Some texts focus more on theory whilst others are better for remote sensing applications. We will draw on material from several of the sources below; many of these books are in the MTU library, plus I have copies of some for short-term loan.

· Petty G.W. (2006). A First Course In Atmospheric Radiation, 2nd Ed. Sundog Publishing, ISBN 978-0-9729033-1-8.

· Campbell J.B. (2007). Introduction to Remote Sensing. The Guilford Press, ISBN 978-1-60623-074-9.

· Jensen, J.R. (2007). Remote Sensing of the Environment: An Earth Resource Perspective. Prentice-Hall, Inc., ISBN 0-13-188950-8.

· Lillesand, T.M., R.W. Keifer and J.W. Chipman (2004). Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation. 5th edition, John Wiley & Sons, ISBN 0-471-45152-5.

· Rees, W.G. (2001). Physical Principles of Remote Sensing. Cambridge University Press, ISBN 0-521-066948-0.

· Stephens, G.L. (1994). Remote Sensing of the Lower Atmosphere: an Introduction. Oxford University Press, ISBN 0-19-508188-9.

· Serway, R.A. and R.J. Beichner (2000). Physics for Scientists and Engineers, 5th edition.  Saunders College Publishing, ISBN 0-03-022657-0.

· Feynman, R.P., R.B. Leighton, and M. Sands (1963). The Feynman Lectures on Physics. Pearson-Addison-Wesley Publishing Company, ISBN 0-201-50064-7.

This book has a lot of useful material, plus I have a complete PDF copy (follow the link):

· Platt, U. & J. Stutz (2008). Differential Optical Absorption Spectroscopy. Springer-Verlag.

The following books provide mostly non-technical and often entertaining descriptions of ‘real-world’ examples of radiative transfer and meteorological optics (I have some copies of these to lend):

· Bohren, C.F. (2001). Clouds in a Glass of Beer:  Simple Experiments in Atmospheric Physics. Dover Publications, ISBN 0486417387.

· Bohren, C.F. (2006). What Light Through Yonder Window Breaks? Dover Publications, ISBN 0486453367.

There is a vast array of remote sensing information and data available online – exploration is encouraged! Here are a few suggestions to start with (this list will be updated periodically):

· NASA Panoply software for viewing HDF and netCDF files: http://www.giss.nasa.gov/tools/panoply/

· Launch of Landsat Data Continuity Mission in February 2013: http://www.nature.com/news/landsat-8-to-the-rescue-1.12365

· Satellite Observations in Science Education (Univ. Wisconsin): http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/sose/

· NASA Remote Sensing Tutorial: http://rst.gsfc.nasa.gov/

· Canada Center for Remote Sensing (CCRS) tutorial: http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/resource/tutor/fundam/index_e.php

· NASA Earth Observatory: http://earthobservatory.nasa.gov/

· CCRS Glossary: http://ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/glossary/index_e.php

· UW-Madison Glossary: http://cimss.ssec.wisc.edu/satmet/glossary/glossary.html

· HyperPhysics: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/hframe.html

· Maxwell’s Equations: http://hyperphysics.phy-astr.gsu.edu/hbase/electric/maxeq.html

· EM wave applet: http://www.phy.ntnu.edu.tw/ntnujava/index.php?topic=35

· Another EM wave applet: http://www.physics.upenn.edu/courses/gladney/phys151/lectures/lecture_apr_07_2003.shtml

· Dipole molecule: http://www.colorado.edu/physics/2000/applets/h2ob.html

· Polarization: http://www.polarization.com

· MODIS Rapid Response imagery: http://rapidfire.sci.gsfc.nasa.gov/subsets/

· Univ Wisconsin-Madison Geostationary Satellite Image server: http://www.ssec.wisc.edu/data/geo/

· Spectral Calc spectroscopy and remote sensing tool: http://www.spectralcalc.com/info/about.php

· Blackbody calculator: http://www.spectralcalc.com/blackbody_calculator/blackbody.php

· Solar and heliospheric data viewer: http://www.helioviewer.org/

· Thermal contrast of a cloud: http://profhorn.meteor.wisc.edu/wxwise/satir/IRCloud.html

· vHub: http://vhub.org. This is a website for collaborative research in volcanology, which contains a lot of useful material (including lectures and movies) on remote sensing as applied to volcano studies. You can search for content using tags, or here are a couple of direct links to material from some remote sensing workshops:

· PASI: Volcanic Hazards and Remote Sensing in Pacific Latin America: https://vhub.org/resources/303 - a workshop conducted in San Jose, Costa Rica in January 2011. Includes a lot of relevant lecture material on volcanological applications of remote sensing.

· IUGG 2011: Ground-based and Remote Sensing of Volcanic Unrest: https://vhub.org/resources/828 - a workshop conducted in Melbourne, Australia during the 2011 International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics (IUGG) General Assembly.

Good scientific journals to browse for articles on remote sensing include Geophysical Research Letters, Journal of Geophysical Research, IEEE Transactions on Geoscience and Remote Sensing, and International Journal of Remote Sensing (but there are many others).

The following report provides some context and maps out the likely direction of space-based Earth Observation in the coming decade and beyond (available as a PDF [75 Mb]). Readings from this document will be assigned during the semester:

· National Research Council (2007). Earth Science and Applications from Space: National Imperatives for the Next Decade and Beyond. National Academies Press, Washington, DC.

A pertinent (if slightly out of date) summary of the state of space-based Earth Observation:

       · Witze, A. (2007). Not Enough Eyes on the Prize. Nature, Vol. 450, No. 7171, doi: 10.1038/450782a.

An article from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) on measuring atmospheric water vapor using an infrared thermometer:

        · Mims, F.M., et al. (2011). Measuring total column water vapor by pointing an infrared thermometer at the sky. Bull. American Meteorological Soc., Vol. 92, No. 10, 1311-1320.

An article from the Bulletin of the American Meteorological Society (BAMS) on determining land surface temperatures from space:

        · Mildrexler, D.J., et al. (2011). Satellite finds highest land skin temperatures on Earth. Bull. American Meteorological Soc., Vol. 92, No. 7, 855-860.

A tutorial on NASA’s Giovanni web-based satellite data visualization tool (includes a useful summary of satellite orbital geometry):

        · Lloyd S. (2008). Using NASA’s Giovanni web portal to access and visualize satellite-based earth science data in the classroom.