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The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing

Beschreibung

'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.

Autor

Timothy A. Warner, Professor of Geology and Geography, West Virginia University, USA. Timothy Warner′s research specialties include high resolution remote sensing, the spatial properties of images, and lidar. Dr. Warner served as a founding board member and Secretary of AmericaView, a US national association of state remote sensing consortia. He was the Chair of the Remote Sensing Specialty Group (RSSG) of the Association of American Geographers (AAG) (2003-2005). In 2004 he served as a co-editor of a special issue of Geocarto International on the occasion of the centennial of the AAG. He has received over $1.3 million in research funding since 1998, including grants from the US National Science Foundation, the National Imagery and Mapping Agency, NASA, the US Geological Survey, the US Department of Agriculture, and the US Department of Education. M. Duane Nellis is President of the University of Idaho. Duane Nellis′ research specialties include the remote sensing of natural resources, and the integration of remote sensing and GIS. Dr. Nellis has served as President of the Association of American Geographers and also of the National Council for Geographic Education. He is a co-editor of the journal Geocarto International, and has edited several books, including Current Trends in Remote Sensing Education and Presidential Musings from the Meridian: Reflections on the Nature of Geography. Giles Foody, Professor of Geography, University of Southampton, UK. Giles Foody′s research focuses mainly on the remote sensing of land cover with particular attention to land cover mapping and biophysical property estimation. His list of publications includes 6 books and over 100 articles in major journals and he is currently in the top 0.5% of cited geoscientists in the world. He has editorial positions with the International Journal of Remote Sensing and Landscape Ecology and serves on the editorial boards of Remote Sensing of Environment, Geocarto International and Ecological Informatics.

Produktdetails

• Verlag: SAGE Publications Ltd / Sage Publications
• Artikelnr. des Verlages: B36160C
• Seitenzahl: 538
• Erscheinungstermin: 18. Juni 2009
• Englisch
• Abmessung: 250mm x 175mm x 33mm
• Gewicht: 1063g
• ISBN-13: 9781412936163
• ISBN-10: 1412936160
• Artikelnr.: 25052362

Rezensionen

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

This volume covers all the main fields of remote sensing in a very comprehendible

manner. Most of the chapters are presented in a semi-historic account that

shows the development of the field or in methods of data processing. The discussion

is accompanied by high-quality color images and graphs in order to provide as

full coverage of the topics as possible. The structure of the book is organized very

systematically into sections, sub-sections and chapters. It may thus be used as a text

book in various courses of remote sensing or as a book for independent learning in

advanced studies. The target audiences are students and researchers from different

fields such as geography, geology, and the natural and engineering science.

Yitzhak August
Geography Research Forum

Professor Paul Curran