Land surface remote sensing : environment and risks /
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Author / Creator: | Zribi, Mehrez, author |
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Imprint: | Amsterdam : Elsevier, 2016. |
Description: | 1 online resource |
Language: | English |
Series: | Remote sensing observations of continental surfaces set Remote sensing observations of continental surfaces set. |
Subject: | Land use -- Remote sensing. Land use -- Remote sensing. TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / Crop Science TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Agriculture / Agronomy / General Electronic books. Electronic books. |
Format: | E-Resource Book |
URL for this record: | http://pi.lib.uchicago.edu/1001/cat/bib/11269030 |
Summary: | <p> Land Surface Remote Sensing: Environment and Risks explores the use of remote sensing in applications concerning the environment, including desertification and monitoring deforestation and forest fires. The first chapter covers the characterization of aerosols and gases by passive remote sensing. The next chapter presents the correlation of optical images for quantifying the deformation of the Earth's surface and geomorphological processes. The third chapter is examines remote sensing applications in the mining environment. The fourth chapter depicts the strong potential of radar imagery for volcanology and urban and mining subsidence studies. The next two chapters deal respectively with the use of remote sensing in locust control and the contribution of remote sensing to the epidemiology of infectious diseases.</p> <p>In the last ten years, spatial observation of the Earth--particularly continental surfaces--has expanded considerably with the launch of increasing numbers of satellites covering various applications (hydrology, biosphere, flow of surface, snow, ice, landslide, floods). This has paved the way for an explosion in the use of remote sensing data.</p> <p>This book offers essential coverage of space-based observation techniques for continental surfaces. The authors explore major applications and provide a corresponding detailed chapter for the physical principles, physics of measurement, and data processing requirements for each technique, bringing you up-to-date descriptions of techniques used by leading scientists in the field of remote sensing and Earth observation.</p> Provides clear and concise descriptions of modern remote sensing methods Explores the most current remote sensing techniques with physical aspects of the measurement (theory) and their applications Provides chapters on physical principles, measurement, and data processing for each technique described Describes optical remote sensing technology, including a description of acquisition systems and measurement corrections to be made |
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Item Description: | 1. Drylands and Desertification 2. Remote Sensing and Measuring Deforestation 3. Remote Sensing of Wildfires 4. Characterization of Industrial Plumes 5. Monitoring of Earth Surface Motion and Geomorphologic Processes by Optical Image Correlation 6. Application of Optical Remote Sensing for Monitoring Environmental Impacts of Mining: From Exploitation to Postmining 7. The Contribution of SAR Datato Volcanology and Subsidence Studies 8. Applications of Remote Sensing to Locust Management 9. Applications of Remote Sensing to the Epidemiology of Infectious Diseases: Some Examples. |
Physical Description: | 1 online resource |
ISBN: | 9780081012659 0081012659 9781785481055 1785481053 |
Access: | Owing to Legal Deposit regulations this resource may only be accessed from within National Library of Scotland. For more information contact enquiries@nls.uk. |