The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing'A magnificent achievement. A who's who of contemporary remote sensing have produced an engaging, wide-ranging and scholarly review of the field in just one volume' - Professor Paul Curran, Vice-Chancellor, Bournemouth University Remote Sensing acquires and interprets small or large-scale data about the Earth from a distance. Using a wide range of spatial, spectral, temporal, and radiometric scales Remote Sensing is a large and diverse field for which this Handbook will be the key research reference. Organized in four key sections: * Interactions of Electromagnetic Radiation with the Terrestrial Environment: chapters on Visible, Near-IR and Shortwave IR; Middle IR (3-5 micrometers); Thermal IR ; Microwave * Digital sensors and Image Characteristics: chapters on Sensor Technology; Coarse Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors ; Medium Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors; Fine Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors; Video Imaging and Multispectral Digital Photography; Hyperspectral Sensors; Radar and Passive Microwave Sensors; Lidar * Remote Sensing Analysis - Design and Implementation: chapters on Image Pre-Processing; Ground Data Collection; Integration with GIS; Quantitative Models in Remote Sensing; Validation and accuracy assessment; * Remote Sensing Analysis - Applications: LITHOSPHERIC SCIENCES: chapters on Topography; Geology; Soils; PLANT SCIENCES: Vegetation; Agriculture; HYDROSPHERIC and CRYSOPHERIC SCIENCES: Hydrosphere: Fresh and Ocean Water; Cryosphere; GLOBAL CHANGE AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS: Earth Systems; Human Environments & Links to the Social Sciences; Real Time Monitoring Systems and Disaster Management; Land Cover Change Illustrated throughout, an essential resource for the analysis of remotely sensed data, the SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing provides researchers with a definitive statement of the core concepts and methodologies in the discipline. |
Contents
1 Remote Sensing Scale and Data Selection Issues | 3 |
2 Remote Sensing Policy | 18 |
SECTION II Electromagnetic Radiation and the Terrestrial Environment | 31 |
3 Visible NearIR and Shortwave IR Spectral Characteristics of Terrestrial Surfaces | 33 |
4 Interactions of Middle Infrared 35 μm Radiation with the Environment | 51 |
5 Thermal Remote Sensing in Earth Science Research | 64 |
6 Polarimetric SAR Phenomenology and Inversion Techniques for Vegetated Terrain | 79 |
SECTION III Digital Sensors and Image Characteristics | 93 |
21 Accuracy Assessment | 297 |
SECTION V Remote Sensing Applications | 311 |
A Lithospheric Sciences | 313 |
22 Making Sense of the Third Dimension through Topographic Analysis | 315 |
23 Remote Sensing of Geology | 328 |
24 Remote Sensing of Soils | 341 |
B Plant Sciences | 355 |
Theory and Application | 357 |
7 Optical Sensor Technology | 95 |
8 Fine Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors | 108 |
9 Moderate Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors | 123 |
10 Coarse Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors | 139 |
11 Airborne Digital Multispectral Imaging | 151 |
12 Imaging Spectrometers | 166 |
13 Active and Passive Microwave Systems | 179 |
14 Airborne Laser Scanning | 199 |
Design and Implementation | 213 |
From Terminology Concepts to Measured Quantities | 215 |
16 PreProcessing of Optical Imagery | 229 |
17 Surface Reference Data Collection | 244 |
18 Integrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems | 257 |
19 Image Classification | 269 |
20 Quantitative Models and Inversion in Optical Remote Sensing | 282 |
26 Remote Sensing of Cropland Agriculture | 368 |
C Hydrospheric and Cryospheric Sciences | 381 |
From the Open Ocean to Inland Waters | 383 |
28 Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere | 397 |
D Global Change and Human Environments | 409 |
29 Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modeling | 411 |
30 Remote Sensing of Urban Areas | 423 |
31 Remote Sensing and the Social Sciences | 437 |
32 Hazard Assessment and Disaster Management Using Remote Sensing | 446 |
33 Remote Sensing of Land Cover Change | 459 |
SECTION VI Conclusions | 473 |
34 A Look to the Future | 475 |
Appendix Acronyms | 482 |
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The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing Timothy A Warner,M Duane Nellis,Giles M Foody Limited preview - 2009 |
The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing Timothy A Warner,M Duane Nellis,Giles M Foody Limited preview - 2009 |