Overview
- Represents the first encyclopedic work dedicated to remote sensing
- Serves as the best point of entry for anyone wishing to explore the world of remote sensing
- Offers clear, reliable descriptions and plenty of references to help readers continue their research
- Fulfills the need for a scholarly, yet accessible resource for scientists, engineers, educators, managers, policy makers and anyone interested in the impact and implications of remote sensing
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series (EESS)
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Front Matter
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About this book
Remote sensing has revolutionized the scientific study of the Earth by enabling measurements of more detailed and hitherto unexplored phenomena with spatially-extensive and global perspectives. Various disciplines and industries have benefited from the dramatic discoveries enabled by remote sensing. This volume cuts across these disciplines and describes the basic foundations, principles and state of the art of remote sensing. It covers the development of remote sensing, the theoretical underpinnings, forward modeling, commercial applications, and global and international coordination and policy. This first encyclopaedic reference on remote sensing describes the concepts, techniques, instrumentation, data analysis, interpretation, and applications of remote sensing, both airborne and space-based. Scientists, engineers, academics, and students can quickly access answers to their reference questions and direction for further study.
Editors and Affiliations
About the editor
Eni G. Njoku is a Senior Research Scientist at the Jet Propulsion Laboratory, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California, USA.
He has a B.A. from the University of Cambridge, and S.M. and Ph.D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
His research focuses on spaceborne microwave sensing with application to land surface hydrology and the global water cycle.
He is a recipient of the NASA Exceptional Service Medal (1985) and Fellow of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (1995).
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Encyclopedia of Remote Sensing
Editors: Eni G. Njoku
Series Title: Encyclopedia of Earth Sciences Series
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-36699-9
Publisher: Springer New York, NY
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Reference Module Physical and Materials Science, Reference Module Earth and Environmental Sciences
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media New York 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-0-387-36698-2Published: 24 December 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-0-387-36699-9Published: 25 February 2014
Series ISSN: 1388-4360
Series E-ISSN: 1871-756X
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXV, 939
Number of Illustrations: 147 b/w illustrations, 223 illustrations in colour
Topics: Geophysics/Geodesy, Microwaves, RF and Optical Engineering, Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Automotive Engineering