Remote Sensing Handbook, Volume III Agriculture, Food Security, Rangelands, Vegetation, Phenology, and Soils

Part I: Vegetation and Biomass

 1. Measuring Photosynthesis Productivity from Space

Alfredo Huete, Guillermo Ponce-Campos, Yongguang Zhang, et al.

 2. Remote Sensing of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence

Juan Quiros-Vargas, Bastian Siegmann, Juliane Bendig,et al.

 3. Canopy Biophysical Variables Retrieval from the Inversion of Reflectance Models

Frédéric Baret

 4. Agricultural Crop Biophysical and Biochemical Quantity Retrievals using Remote Sensing with Multi-Sensor

Lea Hallik, Egidijus Šarauskis, Ruchita Ingle,et al.

 5. Agriculture

Clement Atzberger and Markus Immitzer

 Part II: Agricultural Croplands

 6. Agricultural Systems Studies using Remote Sensing

Agnès Bégué, Damien Arvor, Camille Lelong, et al.

 7. Global Food Security Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) at Nominal 1-km derived from Remote Sensing in Support of Food Security in the Twenty-first Century: Current Achievements and Future Possibilities

Pardhasaradhi Teluguntla, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Jun Xiong,et al. 

 8. Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture    

Yuxin Miao, David J. Mulla, and Yanbo Huang

 9. Remote Sensing of Tillage Status

Baojuan Zheng, James B. Campbell, Guy Serbin, et al.

 Part III: Rangelands

 10. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications

Prasad S. Thenkabail, Itiya Aneece, Pardhasaradhi Teluguntla, et al.

 11. A Global View of Remote Sensing of Rangelands: Evolution, Applications, Future Pathways

Matthew C. Reeves, Robert Washington-Allen, Jay Angerer, et al.

 12. Remote Sensing of Rangeland Biodiversity

E. Raymond Hunt Jr, Cuizhen Wang, D. Terrance Booth, et al.

 Part IV: Phenology and Food Security

 13. Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring of Rangelands: Methods and Approaches

Lalit Kumar, Priyakant Sinha, Jesslyn F Brown, et al.

 Part V: Soils

 14. Global Land Surface Phenology and Implications for Food Security

Molly E Brown, Kirsten de Beurs, and Kathryn Grace

 15. Spectral Sensing from Ground to Space in Soil Science: State of the Art, Applications, Potential and Perspectives

José A. M. Demattê, Cristine L. S. Morgan, Sabine Chabrillat, et al.

 16. Remote Sensing of Soil in the Optical Domains

Eyal Ben-Dor and José Alexandre M. Demattê

 Part VI: Summary and Synthesis for Volume III

 17. Remote Sensing Handbook, Vol III: Agriculture, Food Security, Rangelands, Vegetation, Phenology, and Soils

Prasad Thenkabail

Biography

Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, Senior Scientist (ST), United States Geological Survey (USGS), is a world-recognized expert in remote sensing science with major contributions in the field for nearly 40 years. He has made the list of the world’s top 1% of scientists across 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. Dr. Thenkabail has conducted pioneering research in hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation, global croplands, and their water use for food security. He obtained his PhD from the Ohio State University in 1992 and has 168 peer-reviewed publications including 15 books, including this six-volume set, and over 15 major data releases such as the Landsat-derived global cropland extent product @ 30m and Landsat-derived rainfed and irrigated cropland area product @ 30 m (LGRIP30). He was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) in 2023. His scientific papers have won several awards for demonstrating world-class, highest-quality research. He was a Landsat Science Team Member (2007-2011).

The chapters in Remote Sensing Handbook are written by leading remote sensing scientists of the world and ably edited by Prasad S. Thenkabail, Senior Scientist, at U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) in Flagstaff, Arizona.  The importance and the value of the Remote Sensing Handbook is clearly demonstrated by the need for a second edition. The Remote Sensing Handbook (First Edition, Volumes I-III) was published in 2014 and now after 10 years Remote Sensing Handbook, Second Edition, (Volumes I-VI) with 91 Chapters and nearly 3500 pages will be published.  It is certainly monumental work in remote sensing science and for this I want to compliment Dr. Prasad Thenkabail. Remote sensing is now important to a large number of scientific disciplines beyond our community, and I recommend the Remote Sensing Handbook, Second Edition, Six Volume Set, to not only remote sensers but to the entire scientific community.

Dr. Compton Jim Tucker, Senior Scientist, Hydrospheric and Biospheric Laboratory, NASA Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC), USA

 

It is not often that a Remote Sensing ‘Handbook’ containing rich and diverse contributions from some of the best researchers worldwide is compiled and published. So please take note that The Remote Sensing Handbook, Second Edition, edited by Dr Prasad S. Thenkabail has landed. This book contains everything you need to know to become a remote sensing scientist. The principles, the different wavelengths, the considerations to take into account for cloud processing, calibration and validation considerations and all the domain application areas you can possibly consider; some of which I was not even aware of, are all in there. Chapters of the book delve into topics such as space law and data for policy applications. Thank you to the authors for their contributions and commitment to ensure that this book becomes a very useful resource for researchers and students as the subject of Remote Sensing moves ahead with great pace into the 2nd quarter of the 21st Century.

Prof. Kevin J. Tansey, Editor-in-Chief, International Journal of Remote Sensing and Professor of Remote Sensing, University of Leicester, UK

 

This six-volume, Second Edition of the Remote Sensing Handbook provides a collection of chapters covering the gamut of remote sensing topics and applications. The chapters are written by many well-known members of the international remote sensing community, offering diverse perspectives on this rapidly developing discipline. The Handbook will be useful for students and practitioners alike. This compilation is a major undertaking and I congratulate Dr. Prasad Thenkabail on its completion.

Prof. Chris Justice, University of Maryland College Park, USA

 

Dr. Thenkabail and his colleagues do a brilliant job of condensing nearly 60 years of research and developments in remote sensing into a six-volume compendium. Interested in remote sensing, invest in this handbook!

Dr. Ramakrishna Nemani, Senior Earth scientist with the Advanced Supercomputing division at NASA Ames Research Center (retired), and Chief Developed of NASA Earth Exchange (NEX) platform

 

The second edition of the Remote Sensing Handbook is an impressive collection of 91 chapters in 6 volumes written by some of the best known and most active remote sensing scientists of our time. It is a vast expansion from its first edition of 3 volumes in 2015 and comprehensively covers all the major fields of remote sensing science, including sensors, image processing, information retrieval and a wide range of applications to ecology, agriculture, forestry, urban environment, water resources, climate change, etc. It allows students, scientists, professionals and practitioners to catch up with the rapid development in remote sensing technology, methodology and applications over the past decade. Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, a world-renowned remote sensing scientist, is highly commended for undertaking the daunting task of formulating and editing this large collection as the sole editor-in-chief. His 40-year experience in various remote sensing fields makes him well suited for this task.

Dr. Jing M. Chen, Editors-in-Chief of Remote Sensing of Environment, Professor, CRC, FRSC, University of Toronto, Canada