The Remote Sensing Data Book

This book provides a unique resource of over 700 entries on all aspects of remote sensing for students and researchers.

Gareth Rees (Author)

9780521021746, Cambridge University Press

Paperback / softback, published 3 November 2005

280 pages, 49 b/w illus. 28 tables
23 x 15.4 x 1.8 cm, 0.432 kg

'This seems to be the first book of its kind in English to deal so broadly and advantageously with Russian satellites and camera systems.' V. G. Prokachyova and V. F. Usachev, World Meteorological Organization Bulletin

The Remote Sensing Data Book provides a unique resource of all aspects of remote sensing for the expert and non-expert alike. Organised as a dictionary, it contains over 700 alphabetically-arranged and cross-referenced entries on how remote sensing works, what kinds of data are available, and the large number of satellites and instruments from which the information is obtained. As well as short technical definitions, it also includes longer essays and reviews to give an overview of the subject. Although not a textbook in itself, the data book will serve as a valuable addition to existing textbooks for undergraduates and graduate students on geography, environmental and earth science courses that include an element of remote sensing. It will also be an essential reference for researchers and research managers at all levels using spaceborne remote sensing methods to obtain information about the earth's land, sea, ice and atmosphere.

Preface
The Dictionary.

Subject Areas: Geographical information systems [GIS & remote sensing RGW], Earth sciences [RB]