Satellite Remote Sensing of Natural Resources

Satellite Images: Raster Image Data, Remote Sensing Detectors, Scanning Systems, Image Scale and Resolution, Major Satellite Systems Used in Natural Resources Management, Problems, Additional Readings, Image Processing Systems, Computer Fundamentals, Display of Panchromatic Images, Contrast Enhancements, Display of Color Images, Image Magnification and Reduction, Problems: Additional Rction, Spectral Regions, Vegetation Spectral Relationships, Water Spectral Relationships, Soil Spectral Relationships, Snow and Cloud Spectral, Relationships, Thermal Remote Sensing, Potential Problems: , Problems, Literature Cited, Additional Readings, Radiometric Corrections, Detector Errors, Correction for Atmospheric Scattering, Problems: Literature Cited,,, Additional Readings, Geometric Corrections, Map Projections: Map Coordinate Systems, National Map Accuracy Standards, Selection of Ground Control Points, Image Rectification Models, Pixel Resampling Methods, Ordering Rectified Data, Problems, Additional Readings, Unsupervised Classification, Introduction, Histogram-Based Unsupervised Classification, Sequential Clustering, Isodata Clustering, Grouping of Spectral Classes,, Problems: Additional Readings, Supervised Classification, Introduction, Training Fields, Basic Classifiers, Problems, Additional Readings, Accuracy Assessment, Introduction, The Error Matrix, Collection of Reference Data, Problems, Additional Readings. Appendix Solutions to Even-Numbered Problems