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1. Remote Sensing Applications for the Urban Environment

   By George Xian

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   As more natural lands are transformed into urban lands with more people in urban areas, it is important to understand how these environmental changes may impact living conditions as well as the ecosystem. This book summarizes current satellite observing capacities and the growing demand for...

   Published May 10th 2012 by CRC Press
2. Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover

   Principles and Applications

   Edited by Chandra P. Giri

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   Filling the need for a comprehensive book that covers both theory and application, Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover: Principles and Applications provides a synopsis of how remote sensing can be used for land-cover characterization, mapping, and monitoring from the local to the global scale...

   Published May 1st 2012 by CRC Press
3. Remote Sensing of Protected Lands

   Edited by Yeqiao Wang

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   National parks, wildlife refuges and sanctuaries, natural reserves, conservation areas, frontier lands, and marine-protected areas are increasingly recognized as essential providers of ecosystem services and biological resources. As debates about climate change and sustainability intensify,...

   Published November 20th 2011 by CRC Press
4. Advances in Environmental Remote Sensing

   Sensors, Algorithms, and Applications

   Edited by Qihao Weng

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   Generating a satisfactory classification image from remote sensing data is not a straightforward task. Many factors contribute to this difficulty including the characteristics of a study area, availability of suitable remote sensing data, ancillary and ground reference data, proper use of variables...

   Published February 15th 2011 by CRC Press
5. Remote Sensing of Coastal Environments

   Edited by Yeqiao Wang

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   As coastal environments around the world face unprecedented natural and anthropogenic threats, advancements in the technologies that support geospatial data acquisition, imaging, and computing have profoundly enhanced monitoring capabilities in coastal studies. Providing systematic treatment of the...

   Published December 8th 2009 by CRC Press
6. Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security

   Edited by Prasad Thenkabail, Hugh Turral, Chandrashekhar Biradar, John G. Lyon

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   Increases in populations have created an increasing demand for food crops while increases in demand for biofuels have created an increase in demand for fuel crops. What has not increased is the amount of croplands and their productivity. These and many other factors such as decreasing water...

   Published June 23rd 2009 by CRC Press
7. Global Mapping of Human Settlement

   Experiences, Datasets, and Prospects

   Edited by Paolo Gamba, Martin Herold

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   The use of remote sensors for human settlement mapping and monitoring holds great promise for numerous fields of study, including urban planning and global environmental change and sustainability. While the potential for this technology is difficult to measure, achieving useful results at a...

   Published June 22nd 2009 by CRC Press
8. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing

   Principles and Applications

   By Marcus Borengasser, William S. Hungate, Russell Watkins

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   Land management issues, such as mapping tree species, recognizing invasive plants, and identifying key geologic features, require an understanding of complex technical issues before the best decisions can be made. Hyperspectral remote sensing is one the technologies that can help with reliable...

   Published December 12th 2007 by CRC Press
9. Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces

   Edited by Qihao Weng

   Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

   Remote sensing of impervious surfaces has matured using advances in geospatial technology so recent that its applications have received only sporadic coverage in remote sensing literature. Remote Sensing of Impervious Surfaces is the first to focus entirely on this developing field. It provides...

   Published October 2nd 2007 by CRC Press
10. Multispectral Image Analysis Using the Object-Oriented Paradigm

    By Kumar Navulur

    Series: Remote Sensing Applications Series

    Bringing a fresh new perspective to remote sensing, object-based image analysis is a paradigm shift from the traditional pixel-based approach. Featuring various practical examples to provide understanding of this new modus operandi, Multispectral Image Analysis Using the Object-Oriented Paradigm...

    Published December 4th 2006 by CRC Press