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082	0	0	_a621.3678 _bBAR
100	1		_aBarrett, E. C.
245	1	0	_aIntroduction to environmental remote sensing
250			_a4th Edition.
260			_aCheltenham, Glos., UK : _bStanley Thornes Publishers, _c1999.
300			_axxi, 457 p. : _billustrations (some color), maps (some color) ;
500			_aIncluded Index.
505			_aMonitoring 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.
520			_aPresents 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.
650		0	_aEarth sciences
650		0	_aRemote sensing.
700	1		_aCurtis, L. F.
856	4	2	_uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0652/00267409-d.html
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