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.

Table of Contents

• Preface
• Acknowledgements
• Notes on Contributors
• I Introduction
• 1 Remote Sensing Scale and Data Selection Issues - Timothy A. Warner, M. Duane Nellis, Giles M. Foody
• 2 Remote Sensing Policy - Ray Harris
• II Electromagnetic Radiation and the Terrestrial Environment
• 3 Visible, Near-IR, and Shortwave IR Spectral Characteristics of Terrestrial Surfaces - Willem J. D. van Leeuwen
• 4 Interactions of Middle Infrared (3–5 µm) Radiation with the Environment - Arthur P. Cracknell, Doreen S. Boyd
• 5 Thermal Remote Sensing in Earth Science Research - Dale A. Quattrochi, Jeffrey C. Luvall
• 6 Polarimetric SAR Phenomenology and Inversion Techniques for Vegetated Terrain - Mahta Moghaddam
• III Digital Sensors and Image Characteristics
• 7 Optical Sensor Technology - John P. Kerekes
• 8 Fine Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors - Thierry Toutin
• 9 Moderate Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors - Samuel N. Goward, Terry Arvidson, Darrel L. Williams, Richard Irish, James R. Irons
• 10 Coarse Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors - Christopher Owen Justice, Compton James Tucker III
• 11 Airborne Digital Multispectral Imaging - Douglas A. Stow, Lloyd L. Coulter, Cody A. Benkelman
• 12 Imaging Spectrometers - Michael E. Schaepman
• 13 Active and Passive Microwave Systems - Josef Martin Kellndorfer, Kyle C. McDonald
• 14 Airborne Laser Scanning - Juha Hyyppä, Wolfgang Wagner, Markus Hollaus, Hannu Hyyppä
• IV Remote Sensing Analysis: Design and Implementation
• 15 Radiometry and Reflectance: From Terminology Concepts to Measured Quantities - Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Michael E. Schaepman, John Martonchik, Thomas Painter, Stefan Dangel
• 16 Pre-Processing of Optical Imagery - Freek van der Meer, Harald van der Werff, Steven M. de Jong
• 17 Surface Reference Data Collection - Chris J. Johannsen, Craig S. T. Daughtry
• 18 Integrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems - James W. Merchant, Sunil Narumalani
• 19 Image Classification - John R. Jensen, Jungho Im, Perry Hardin, Ryan R. Jensen
• 20 Quantitative Models and Inversion in Optical Remote Sensing - Shunlin Liang
• 21 Accuracy Assessment - Stephen V. Stehman, Giles M. Foody
• V Remote Sensing Applications
• A. Lithosphericsciences
• 22 Making Sense of the Third Dimension Through Topographic Analysis - Yongxin Deng
• 23 Remote Sensing of Geology - Xianfeng Chen, David J. Campagna
• 24 Remote Sensing of Soils - James B. Campbell
• B. Plant Sciences
• 25 Remote Sensing for Studies of Vegetation Condition: Theory and Application - Michael A. Wulder, Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops, Stephanie Ortlepp
• 26 Remote Sensing of Cropland Agriculture - M. Duane Nellis, Kevin P. Price, Donald Rundquist
• C. Hydrospheric and Cryospheric Sciences
• 27 Optical Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere: From the Open Ocean to Inland Waters - Samantha Lavender
• 28 Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere - Jeff Dozier
• D. Global Change and Human Environments
• 29 Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modeling - Gregory P. Asner, Scott V. Ollinger
• 30 Remote Sensing of Urban Areas - Janet Nichol
• 31 Remote Sensing and the Social Sciences - Kelley A. Crews, Stephen J. Walsh
• 32 Hazard Assessment and Disaster Management Using Remote Sensing - Richard Teeuw, Paul Aplin, Nicholas McWilliam, Toby Wicks, Matthieu Kervyn, Gerald G. J. Ernst
• 33 Remote Sensing of Land Cover Change - Timothy A. Warner, Abdullah Almutairi, Jong Yeol Lee
• VI Conclusions
• 34 A Look to the Future - Giles M. Foody, Timothy A. Warner, M. Duane Nellis
• Appendix: Acronyms