Includes an introduction to remote sensing Contains detailed coverage of instrumentation, data acquisition, information extraction and applications Presents application examples from diverse disciplines Presenting a tutorial on the fundamentals of hyperspectral remote sensing, this book provides a highly readable discussion of its applications to agriculture, environmental monitoring, petroleum geology and other areas. The authors explain the underlying principles that lead to the creation of a remote sensing image, giving readers an understanding of what may or may not work and why. They...