A Guide to Remote Sensing
Published on 1. July 1990
Book
Paperback/Softback
207 pages
978-0-19-854495-1 (ISBN)
Description
The author, writing from experience as a consultant and teacher, here provides a guide to remote sensing that sets out the scientific principles of remote sensing. Many case studies are included which show how remote sensing can be applied to environmental and other problems.
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Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
28 line drawings, 36 b&w half-tones, 135 colour photographs, bibliography, index
ISBN-13
978-0-19-854495-1 (9780198544951)
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Other editions
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S. A. Drury
Images of the Earth
Book
03/1998
2nd Edition
Oxford University Press
€48.27
Article is exhausted; no reprint
Content
Part 1 The problems: water; food; natural disasters; physical communications; physical resources; natural environments; security. Part 2 Getting the information: human perception; radiation and matter - reflection and absorption, thermal emission, artificial radiation; detecting radiation - photographs, electromechanical methods, passive microwave imaging, active microwave or radar imaging; sources of remotely sensed data; displaying information - other kinds of data. Part 3 Interpreting the information: the weather and climate; the sea; the land; natural vegetation; use of the land; beneath the surface. Part 4 Using the information: water resources; food and fibre; physical resources; communications; disasters; environmental change; military uses. Part 5 Operational issues: benefits and costs; training data distribution; future prospects. Appendices: training opportunities; sources of images.