This book describes the processes of radio propagation and analyzes the equations that enable estimation of media. It explores propagation processes and related phenomena including absorption, refraction, reflection, and scattering. It also analyzes how knowledge of radiowave properties allows accurate estimations of media via inverse problems. The text examines the empirical methods that interpret remote sensing data, and how they are applied in the creation of useful approximation models. The authors also describe the operational principles of microwave devices used in remote sensing, and provide insight into the stabilizing a priori information that greatly increases the accuracy of remote sensing solutions.

Explains the advantages and disadvantages of the two disciplines Analyzes techniques for solving inverse problems for remote sensing Discusses different uses of radiophysical instruments such as radar scatterometers, altimeters, and more Radio wave propagation and remote sensing by radiophysical methods are closely connected disciplines. This book develops the model descriptions of electromagnetic waves interacting with objects of the ionosphere, troposphere, ocean and land surface. It explains the advantages and disadvantages of these methods, presents realistic applications of these methods, and analyzes techniques for solving inverse problems for remote sensing applications. In addition, Radio Propagation and Remote Sensing of the Environment discusses different usages of radiophysical instruments such as radar scatterometers, altimeters, and microwave radiometers.