Vittorio Barale (right) graduated in Physics from the University of Milan in 1977, and then received his M.S., in 1982, and Ph.D., in 1986, from the University of California at San Diego while at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Since 1990 he has been with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. His research focuses on the ecological assessment of marginal and enclosed seas, and their coastal margins in particular, using optical remote sensing. Martin Gade (left) received his first degree in Physics in 1992 and then his doctoral degree in Geosciences in 1996, both from the University of Hamburg, Germany. Since 1991 he has been with the Remote Sensing Unit of the Institute of Oceanography, at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on air-sea interactions and coastal processes, and their remote sensing using active microwave techniques, as well as on laboratory and field experiments with marine surface films.

• The Asian Marginal and Enclosed Seas: an Overview.- A Historical Overview of Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas.- An Introduction to Optical Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas: Chinese dedicated satellites and data processing techniques.- An Introduction to Microwave Remote Sensing of the Asian Seas.- Sea-ice parameters from satellite remote sensing.- Ocean Colour Remote Sensing in the Laptev Sea.- Ship Traffic in the Asian Arctic Seas.- The Sea of Okhotsk: Scientific Applications of Remote Sensing.- Phytoplankton and Primary Production in Japan Sea.- Complementary Remote Sensing Observations of the Tsushima Warm Current Patterns.- Remote Sensing of the Kuroshio Current System.- Remote Sensing for Improved Forecasts of Typhoons.- Ocean Color Remote Sensing of China Marginal Seas.- Remote sensing and modelling of internal waves in the Andaman Sea.- Ocean Surface Vector Wind Observations.- Present-day water balance of the Aral Sea seen from satellite.- Ice cover and associated water structure in lakes Baikal and Hovsgol from satellite observations and field studies.