Advanced Remote Sensing
Terrestrial Information Extraction and Applications

A multi-contributed reference that presents state-of-the-art techniques for estimating land surface variables from a variety of data types

Shunlin Liang (Edited by), Xiaowen Li (Edited by), Jindi Wang (Edited by)

9780123859549, Elsevier Science

Hardback, published 23 August 2012

800 pages
23.4 x 19 x 4 cm, 1.91 kg

"The volume’s editors adeptly compiled chapters from many authors to create a reference that is easy to navigate and read…a thorough reference for a broad range of state-of-the-art remote sensing techniques with a focus on creating biophysical parameters from remotely sensed data and it fills a niche among remote sensing textbooks and applications." --The Quarterly Review of Biology, June 2014

Advanced Remote Sensing is an application-based reference that provides a single source of mathematical concepts necessary for remote sensing data gathering and assimilation. It presents state-of-the-art techniques for estimating land surface variables from a variety of data types, including optical sensors such as RADAR and LIDAR. Scientists in a number of different fields including geography, geology, atmospheric science, environmental science, planetary science and ecology will have access to critically-important data extraction techniques and their virtually unlimited applications. While rigorous enough for the most experienced of scientists, the techniques are well designed and integrated, making the book’s content intuitive, clearly presented, and practical in its implementation.

1. A Systematic View of Remote Sensing2. Geometric Processing and Positioning Techniques3. Compositing, Smoothing and Gap-filling Techniques4. Data Fusion5. Atmospheric Correction of Optical Imagery6. Solar Radiation7. Broadband Albedo8. Land Surface Temperature and Thermal Infrared Emissivity9. Surface Longwave Radiation Budget10. Canopy Biochemical Characteristics11. Leaf Area Index12. Fraction of Absorbed Photosynthetically Active Radiation by Green Vegetation13. Fractional Vegetation Cover14. Vegetation Height and Vertical Structure15. Above-ground Biomass16. Vegetation production in terrestrial ecosystems17. Precipitation18. Terrestrial Evapotranspiration19. Soil Moisture20. Snow Water Equivalence21. Water Storage22. High-level Land Product Integration Methods23. Product and Data Management Systems24. Land Cover and Land Use Changes

Subject Areas: Applied optics [TTB], Geographical information systems [GIS & remote sensing RGW], Geophysics [PHVG]