3. Edition - May 2004
232.- Euro
2004. 768 Pages, Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-471-31793-4
ISBN-13: 978-0-471-31793-7 - John Wiley & Sons






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Short description
Part of an ongoing series of manuals covering the range of applications of remotely sensed imagery, Volume 4 addresses the use of this technology in natual resource management and environmental monitoring. Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, it covers terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, and agriculture ecosystems, as well as future directions in technology and research.

From the contents
Preface.

Contributors.

PART I: Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems.

CHAPTER 1: Remote Sensing of Soils and Soil Processes (Alfredo Huete).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 2: Biophysical Remote Sensing Signatures of Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems (Gregory P. Asner).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 3: Remote Sensing in Arid Regions: Challenges and Opportunities (Gregory S. Okin and Dar A. Roberts).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 4: Temperate and Boreal Forests (Eric S. Kasischke, Scott Goetz, Matthew C. Hansen, Mutlu Ozdogan, John Rogan, Susan L. Ustin, and Curtis E. Woodcock).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 5: Tropical Forests (Richard M. Lucas, Alexander A. Held, Stuart R. Phinn, and Sassan Saatchi).

References (see CD-ROM).

PART II: Remote Sensing of Aquatic Ecosystems.

CHAPTER 6: Tropical Freshwater Wetlands (John M. Melack).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 7: Rivers and Lakes (Leal A. K. Mertes, Arnold G. Dekker, G. Robert Brakenridge, Charon M. Birkett, and Guy Létourneau 7.1. Introduction).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 8: Coastal Margins and Estuaries (Curtiss O. Davis, Gia M. Lamela, Timothy F. Donato, and Charles M. Bachmann).

References (see CD-ROM).

PART III: Remote Sensing of Agriculture Ecosystems.

CHAPTER 9: Grazing Agriculture: Managed Pasture, Grassland, and Rangeland (Michael J. Hill)

References (see CD-ROM).

Suggested Reading (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 10: Remote Sensing of Dryland Crops (Jerry L. Hatfield, John H. Prueger, and William P. Kustas).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 11: Wetland Agriculture (Sushma Panigrahy and K. R. Manjunath).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 12: Application of Image-Based Remote Sensing to Irrigated Agriculture (M. Susan Moran, Stephen J. Maas, Vern C. Vanderbilt, Edward M. Barnes, Scott N. Miller, and Thomas R. Clarke).


References (see CD-ROM).

PART IV: New Directions.

CHAPTER 13: Remote Sensing of the Environment: State of the Science and New Directions (Susan L. Ustin, Stéphane Jacquemoud, Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada, and Gregory P. Asner).

References (see CD-ROM).

Index.