Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing

ISBN-13: 9780367868970 / Angielski / Miękka / 2019 / 886 str.

Ph. D. Thenkabail

Opis

With more than 100 leading global contributors, this book is the most comprehensive documentation of the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place in understanding remote sensing data, methods, and applications over last 50 years. In a very practical way the book demonstrates the experience, utility, methods and models used in

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VEGETATION AND BIOMASS. Monitoring Photosynthesis from Space. Canopy Biophysical Variables Retrieval from the Inversion of Reflectance Models. Aboveground Terrestrial Biomass and Carbon Stock Estimations from Multisensor Remote Sensing. AGRICULTURAL CROPLANDS. Agriculture. Agricultural Systems Studies Using Remote Sensing. Global Food Security Support Analysis Data at Nominal 1 km (GFSAD1km) Derived from Remote Sensing in Support of Food Security in the Twenty-First Century: Current Achievements and Future Possibilities. Precision Farming. Remote Sensing of Tillage Status. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications. RANGELANDS. Global View of Remote Sensing of Rangelands: Evolution, Applications, Future Pathways. Remote Sensing of Rangeland Biodiversity. Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring of Rangelands: Methods and Approaches. PHENOLOGY AND FOOD SECURITY. Global Land Surface Phenology and Implications for Food Security. FORESTS. Characterizing Tropical Forests with Multispectral Imagery. Remote Sensing of Forests from Lidar and Radar. Forest Biophysical and Biochemical Properties from Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing. Optical Remote Sensing of Tree and Stand Heights. BIODIVERSITY. Biodiversity of the World: A Study from Space. Multiscale Habitat Mapping and Monitoring Using Satellite Data and Advanced Image Analysis Techniques. ECOLOGY. Ecological Characterization of Vegetation Using Multisensor Remote Sensing in the Solar Reflective Spectrum. LAND USE/LAND COVER. Land Cover Change Detection. Land Use and Land Cover Mapping and Change Detection and Monitoring Using Radar Remote Sensing. CARBON. Global Carbon Budgets and the Role of Remote Sensing. SOILS. Spectral Sensing from Ground to Space in Soil Science: State of the Art, Applications, Potential, and Perspectives. Remote Sensing of Soil in the Optical Domains. SUMMARY. Remote Sensing of Land Reso

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Thenkabail Ph.D. and Prasad S.