Introduction to environmental remote sensing
Barrett, E. C.
Introduction to environmental remote sensing - 4th Edition. - Cheltenham, Glos., UK : Stanley Thornes Publishers, 1999. - xxi, 457 p. : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
Included Index.
Monitoring the environment --
Physical bases of remote sensing --
Radiation characteristics of natural phenomena --
Sensors for environmental monitoring --
Sensor platforms, sensor packages and satellite data distribution --
Calibration, evaluation and validation in remote sensing --
Remote sensing data interchangeability, preprocessing and processing --
Analysis and interpretation of aerial photography --
Digital data handling --
Weather analysis and forecasting --
Global climatology --
Water in the environment --
Soils and landforms --
Rocks and mineral resources --
Ecology, conservation and resource management --
Land use and crop production --
The built environment --
Hazards and disasters --
Problems and prospects.
Presents a single, self-contained, integrated and modern treatment of environmental remote sensing, progressing logically from the physical principles on which it is based, and the technologies and techniques which make it possible, to its ever-broadening range of past, present and future applications.
0748740066 9780748740062 0412371707 9780412371707
Earth sciences
Remote sensing.
621.3678 / BAR
Introduction to environmental remote sensing - 4th Edition. - Cheltenham, Glos., UK : Stanley Thornes Publishers, 1999. - xxi, 457 p. : illustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
Included Index.
Monitoring the environment --
Physical bases of remote sensing --
Radiation characteristics of natural phenomena --
Sensors for environmental monitoring --
Sensor platforms, sensor packages and satellite data distribution --
Calibration, evaluation and validation in remote sensing --
Remote sensing data interchangeability, preprocessing and processing --
Analysis and interpretation of aerial photography --
Digital data handling --
Weather analysis and forecasting --
Global climatology --
Water in the environment --
Soils and landforms --
Rocks and mineral resources --
Ecology, conservation and resource management --
Land use and crop production --
The built environment --
Hazards and disasters --
Problems and prospects.
Presents a single, self-contained, integrated and modern treatment of environmental remote sensing, progressing logically from the physical principles on which it is based, and the technologies and techniques which make it possible, to its ever-broadening range of past, present and future applications.
0748740066 9780748740062 0412371707 9780412371707
Earth sciences
Remote sensing.
621.3678 / BAR