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Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Water Management

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  • © 2000

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Editors:
  1. Gert A. Schultz

    1. Lehrstuhl für Hydrologie, Wasserwirtschaft und Umwelttechnik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

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  2. Edwin T. Engman

    1. NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

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  • First comprehensive treatment of applications of remote sensing to hydrology and water management
  • Chapters are written by well known experts
  • The book contains 56 color plates and an overview of satellites and sensors
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XX
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  2. Overview and Basic Principles

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
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    2. Introduction

      • Gert A. Schultz, Edwin T. Engman
      Pages 3-14

    3. Physical Principles and Technical Aspects of Remote Sensing

      • Helmut Rott
      Pages 15-39

    4. Processing Remotely Sensed Data: Hardware and Software Considerations

      • J. R. Jensen
      Pages 41-63

    5. Integration of Remotely Sensed Data into Geographical Information Systems

      • Nandish M. Mattikalli, Edwin T. Engman
      Pages 65-82

  3. Remote Sensing Application to Hydrologic Monitoring and Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 83-83
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    2. Remote Sensing in Hydrological Modeling

      • Ralph O. Dubayah, Eric F. Wood, Edwin T. Engman, Kevin P. Czajkowski, Mark Zion, Joshua Rhoads
      Pages 85-102

    3. Precipitation

      • C. G. Collier
      Pages 111-132

    4. Land-use and Catchment Characteristics

      • B. G. H. Gorte
      Pages 133-156

    5. Evaporation

      • Massimo Menenti
      Pages 157-196

    6. Soil Moisture

      • Edwin T. Engman
      Pages 197-216

    7. Remote Sensing of Surface Water

      • Geoff Kite, Alain Pietroniro
      Pages 217-238

    8. Snow and Ice

      • A. Rango, A. E. Walker, B. E. Goodison
      Pages 239-270

    9. Soil Erosion

      • Jerry C. Ritchie
      Pages 271-286

    10. Water Quality

      • Jerry C. Ritchie, Frank R. Schiebe
      Pages 287-303

    11. Groundwater

      • Allard M. J. Meijerink
      Pages 305-325

  4. Water Management with Aid of Remote Sensing Data

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 327-327
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    2. Introduction to and General Aspects of Water Management with the aid of Remote Sensing

      • A. M. J. Meijerink, C. M. M. Mannaerts
      Pages 329-356

    3. Flood Forecasting and Control

      • Gert A. Schultz
      Pages 357-376
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About this book

The authors of this book have been approached by consulting engineers: "You know about remote sensing and thus you can obtain hydrological information where no data exist, even without ground measurements, so that I can design the required capacity of a drinking water supply reservoir in a developing country. " On the other hand, the authors have been told: "Remote sensing is not of much use since it is still impossible to estimate ground water resources or surface water flows from remote sensing data. " The major aim of this book is to correct such unjustified illusions as well as exaggerated criticism by providing the reader with sound information on the potential - and the limitations - of remote sensing in the field of hydrology and water management. The book is meant to be a reference and text; it is not a collection of papers from some meeting. The book is intended to provide methods to help the readers solve their own problems in hydrology and water management. Therefore, scientific issues are presented only as far as they are necessary for the application of remote sensing. The reader will see that in some fields, (e. g. evapotranspiration, soil moisture, hydrological modeling) the scientific development is still on the way, while in others operational techniques are already available (e. g. snow melt run­ off-model, land use classification and detection of land use changes, flood fore­ casting and control).

Editors and Affiliations

  • Lehrstuhl für Hydrologie, Wasserwirtschaft und Umwelttechnik, Ruhr-Universität Bochum, Bochum, Germany

    Gert A. Schultz

  • NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, USA

    Edwin T. Engman

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Remote Sensing in Hydrology and Water Management

  • Editors: Gert A. Schultz, Edwin T. Engman

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-59583-7

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2000

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-64036-0Published: 08 October 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-642-59583-7Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XX, 483

  • Number of Illustrations: 52 illustrations in colour

  • Topics: Ecotoxicology, Geographical Information Systems/Cartography, Geoengineering, Foundations, Hydraulics

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