Preface. Acknowledgements. List of acronyms and abbreviations. I. Fundamentals 1. Principles of Meteorological Remote Sensing. 2. Satellite orbits. 3. Satellite payloads. 4. Satellite imagery. 5. References. II. Weather systems observed in satellite imagery 1. ITCZ. 2. Mesoscale systems. 3. Monsoons. 4. Tropical cyclones. 5. Winter systems over India. 6. Extra tropical weather. 7. Interaction between tropical and mid latitude systems. 8. References. III. Estimation of atmosphere ocean and land parameters 1. Cloud motion winds. 2. Outgoing Longwave radiation. 3. Large scale precipitation. 4. Vertical profiles of temperature and water vapour. 5. Sea surface temperature. 6. Potential fishing zones. 7. Ocean colour. 8. Sea surface salinity and soil mixture. 9. Vegetation index. 10. Snow cover. 11. Land temperature. 12. Atmospheric ozone. 13. References. IV. Measurement of parameters by active sensors 1. Precipitation. 2. Cloud properties. 3. Sea surface winds. 4. Sea surface height. 5. References. V. Satellite inputs for numerical modelling and climate studies 1. Use of satellite data for initialisation of numerical models. 2. Direct assimilation of satellite radiances. 3. Numerical tropical cyclone prediction. 4. Monitoring of aerosols and for climate modelling. 5. Monitoring of solar radiation. 6. Generation of satellite date sets for climate studies. 7. ISCCP. 8. GPCP. 9. References. VI. Future scenario 1. New techniques in Meteorological Remote Sensing. 2. Advanced Geostationary Satellites and Sensors. 3. Advanced Polar Orbiting Satellites and Sensors. 4. Global Precipitation Mission. 5. Future Indian Space Missions. 6. In conclusion. 7. References. Index. Satellite Meteorology is the youngest and fastest growing branch of the science of meteorology. This book traces its fascinating history describes the current state of art and envisions its potential and possibilities. The book can serve as a textbook for university courses as a guide for operational meteorologists and as a source of reference for scientists and research workers in atmospheric and environmental science oceanography and remote sensing. The book covers Interpretation of satellite images. Derivation of atmosphere ocean and land parameters from satellite. Active Meteorological Remote Sensing. Applications to monsoons and tropical meteorology. Use of satellite data for climate change studies. INSAT and Kalpana satellites. Future space missions.

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• R R Kelkar retired from India Meteorological Department  in 2003 as the Director General of Meteorology, and is currently ISRO Space Chair Professor at the University of Pune.  He was the President of the Indian Meteorological Society from 1997 to 1999. He served as the Permanent Representative of India with the World Meteorological Organization, Geneva from 1999 to 2003 and was an elected Member of the WMO Executive Council.