Environmental Sensing
Analytical Techniques for Earth Observation
Authors: Lein, James K.
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- Highlights where and how remote sensing can make valuable contributions to the study of our environment
- Represents a synopsis of the current approaches to the emerging science of earth observation
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Remote sensing has witnessed a renaissance as new sensor systems, data collection capabilities and image processing methodologies have expanded the technological capabilities of this science into new and important applications areas. Perhaps nowhere has this trend been more evident than in the study of earth environments. Within this broad application area remote sensing has proven to be an invaluable asset supporting timely data gathering at a range of synoptic scales, facilitating the mapping of complex landscapes and promoting the analysis of environmental process. Yet remote sensing’s contribution to the study of human/environmental interaction is scattered throughout a rich and diverse literature spanning the social and physical sciences, which frustrates access to, and the sharing of the knowledge gained through, these recent advances, and inhibits the operational use of these methods and techniques in day to day environmental practice, a recognized gap that reduces the effectiveness of environmental management programs. The objective of this book is to address this gap and provide the synthesis of method and application that is currently missing in the environmental science, re-introducing remote sensing as an important decision-support technology.
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The Earth Observation Perspective
Pages 1-21
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Environmental Sensing
Pages 23-49
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Sensors and Systems
Pages 51-81
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Fundamentals of Image Processing
Pages 83-109
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Sensing Uncertainty
Pages 111-134
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Bibliographic Information
- Bibliographic Information
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- Book Title
- Environmental Sensing
- Book Subtitle
- Analytical Techniques for Earth Observation
- Authors
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- James K. Lein
- Copyright
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York
- Copyright Holder
- Springer Science+Business Media, LLC
- eBook ISBN
- 978-1-4614-0143-8
- DOI
- 10.1007/978-1-4614-0143-8
- Hardcover ISBN
- 978-1-4614-0142-1
- Softcover ISBN
- 978-1-4939-0171-5
- Edition Number
- 1
- Number of Pages
- XIV, 334
- Topics
