Remote Sensing of Earth Terrain

The objective of this research is to develop theoretical models that are useful and practical in the remdte sensing of the earth environmect including the earth terrain, the lower and the upper atmospheres. We have been very successful in developing various models applicable to the microwave remote sensing of vegetation, snow-ice, m d atmospheric precipitation. We shall extend such studies to the higher frequency range to unify the optical band and the microwave theoretical foundations. We shall also extend our study, which had an emphasis on vegetation canopy to include all terrain media, <and the whole earth environment. A data base will be developed to generate scene radiation characteristics which will benefit the studies of global inhabitability, meteorological applications, and crop yield.