Remote sensing has witnessed a renaissance as new sensor
systems, data collection capabilities and image processing
methodologies have expanded the technological capabilities of this
science into new and important applications areas. Perhaps nowhere
has this trend been more evident than in the study of earth
environments. Within this broad application area remote sensing has
proven to be an invaluable asset supporting timely data gathering
at a range of synoptic scales, facilitating the mapping of complex
landscapes and promoting the analysis of environmental process. Yet
remote sensing s contribution to the study of human/environmental
interaction is scattered throughout a rich and diverse literature
spanning the social and physical sciences, which frustrates access
to, and the sharing of the knowledge gained through, these recent
advances, and inhibits the operational use of these methods and
techniques in day to day environmental practice, a recognized gap
that reduces the effectiveness of environmental management
programs. The objective of this book is to address this gap and
provide the synthesis of method and application that is currently
missing in the environmental science, re-introducing remote sensing
as an important decision-support technology.
As hyperspectral sensors, soft image classification strategies,
nano- satellites, sensor webs and a myriad of other exciting
technologies emerge from the research laboratories, a need exists
to assemble the relevant principles, methods and proven
applications into a focused discussion centered on environmental
problem solving. In many ways, placing remote sensing more clearly
into a problem-specific context moves us beyond the traditions
commonly found in introductory textbooks and demonstrates the
benefits that can be derived from this dynamic information
technology.
This book expands on the material that would be the subject
matter common to an introductory textbook in remote sensing by
offering a more directed focus complemented by the theory and
methods germane to the analysis and assessment of environment
qualities and process.
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