Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this popular text introduces students to widely used forms of remote
sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hydrology, earth sciences, and land use analysis. Providing
comprehensive coverage of principal topics in the field, the book's 4 sections and 21 chapters are carefully designed
as independent units that instructors can select from as needed for their courses. Illustrations include 28 color
plates and nearly 400 black-and-white figures.
New in the Fourth Edition:
A new chapter devoted specifically to lidar
Coverage of phenology and plant pathology applications
Revised examples and illustrations in the Image Interpretation chapter
Restructured chapters on GIS, Land Use and Land Cover, and Earth Sciences, designed for greater practical utility
Table of Contents
History and scope of remote sensing
p. 3
Electromagnetic radiation
p. 28
Photographic sensors
p. 55
Digital data
p. 95
Image interpretation
p. 123
Land observation satellites
p. 160
Active microwave
p. 204
Lidar
p. 239
Thermal radiation
p. 252
Image resolution
p. 279
Preprocessing
p. 297
Image classification
p. 324
Field data
p. 367
Accuracy assessment
p. 392
Hyperspectral remote sensing
p. 413
Remote sensing and geographic information systems
p. 427
Plant sciences
p. 447
Earth sciences
p. 493
Hydrospheric sciences
p. 525
Land use and land cover
p. 559
Global remote sensing
p. 587
Conclusion : the outlook for the field of remote sensing
p. 608
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