Remote Sensing of Landscapes with Spectral Images

A Physical Modeling Approach

John B. Adams

362 pages, parution le 05/05/2006

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Remote Sensing of Landscapes with Spectral Images describes how to process and interpret spectral images using physical models to bridge the gap between the engineering and theoretical sides of remote-sensing and the world that we encounter when we venture outdoors. The emphasis is on the practical use of images rather than on theory and mathematical derivations. Examples are drawn from a variety of landscapes and interpretations are tested against the reality seen on the ground. The reader is led through analysis of real images (using figures and explanations); the examples are chosen to illustrate important aspects of the analytic framework. This textbook will form a valuable reference for graduate students and professionals in a variety of disciplines including ecology, forestry, geology, geography, urban planning, archeology and civil engineering. It is supplemented by a web-site hosting digital color versions of figures in the book as well as ancillary images (www.cambridge.org/9780521662214).

Presents a coherent view of practical remote sensing, leading from imaging and field work to the generation of useful thematic maps
Explains how to apply physical models to help interpret spectral images
Supplemented by a website hosting digital colour versions of figures in the book, as well as additional colour figures

Sommaire

Preface
Extracting information from spectral images
Spectroscopy of landscapes
Standard methods for analyzing spectral images
Spectral mixture analysis
Fraction images of landscapes
Target detection
Thematic mapping of landscapes
Processes and change
References
Glossary
Index

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	PAPIER
Éditeur(s)	Cambridge University Press
Auteur(s)	John B. Adams
Parution	05/05/2006
Nb. de pages	362
Format	18 x 25,5
Couverture	Relié
Poids	929g
Intérieur	Noir et Blanc
EAN13	9780521662215
ISBN13	978-0-521-66221-5