Theory and applications of optical remote sensing /

A comprehensive introduction to the principles and applications of remote sensing, written by contributors actively involved in optical remote sensing research. Special attention is paid to the interrelationship between land surfaces and the intervening atmosphere. Focusing specifically on the spect...

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Other Authors: Asrar, Ghassem
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: New York : Wiley, ©1989.
Series:Wiley series in remote sensing
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Table of Contents:
  • Machine derived contents note: Field Measurements of Bidirectional Reflectance (D. Deering).
  • Soil Reflectance (J. Irons, et al.).
  • Soil Influences in Remotely Sensed Vegetation-Canopy Spectra (A. Huete).
  • The Theory of Photon Transport in Leaf Canopies (R. Myneni, et al.).
  • Inversion of Canopy Reflectance Models for Estimation of Biophysical Parameters from Reflectance Data (N. Goel).
  • Estimation of Plant-Canopy Attributes from Spectral Reflectance Measurements (G. Asrar, et al.).
  • Vegetation-Canopy Spectral Reflectance and Biophysical Processes (P. Sellers).
  • The Atmospheric Effect on Remote Sensing and Its Corrections (Y. Kaufman).
  • Applications in Forest Science and Management (D. Peterson & S. Running).
  • Applications to Coastal Wetlands Vegetation (M. Gross, et al.).
  • Spectral Remote Sensing in Geology (A. Goetz).
  • Remote Sensing of Snow in Visible and Near-Infrared Wavelengths (J. Dozier).
  • Knowledge-Based Spectral Classification of Remotely Sensed Image Data (S. Wharton).
  • Quantitative Aspects of Remote Sensing in the Thermal Infrared (J. Price).
  • Estimating Surface Energy-Balance Components from Remotely Sensed Data (W. Kustas, et al.).
  • Estimating Evaporation and Carbon Assimilation Using Infrared Temperature Data: Vistas in Modeling (B. Choudhury).
  • Future Directions for Remote Sensing in Terrestrial Ecological Research (D. Wickland).
  • Index.