The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing

Timothy A. Warner is Professor of Geology and Geography at West Virginia University, in Morgantown, West Virginia, USA. He received a BSc (Hons) in Geology from the University of Cape Town, and a PhD from Purdue University in Remote Sensing. His research specialties include the spatial properties of images, high resolution remote sensing, and lidar. He served as a founding board member and Secretary of AmericaView. He received the 2006 Outstanding Contributions Award from the Remote Sensing Special ty Group (RSSG) of the Association of American Geographers, and the 2006 Boeing Award for Best Paper in Image Analysis and Interpretation from the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. He has had two Fulbright appointments, one at the University of Louis Pasteur, in Strasbourg, France (2007) and a second at the Universidad de Concepcíon, Chile (2013). He served as a co-editor of Progress in Physical Geography (2010 – 2014).  He currently serves on the editorial board of Geographical Compass, is a co-editor of Remote Sensing Letters, and editor in chief of the International Journal of Remote Sensing. M. Duane Nellis began serving as the University of Idaho’s 17th president on July 1, 2009. As the university′s chief executive officer, President M. Duane Nellis provides robust and engaging leadership for the University of Idaho by: supporting 42 statewide extension offices and university center locations in Boise, Coeur d’Alene and Idaho Falls; working with the WWAMI (Washington, Wyoming, Alaska, Montana, and Idaho) program to ensure that medical education in Idaho is supported, along with the 20 first-year medical students on the Moscow campus each year; and by being actively engaged with the university alumni, friends, donors, faculty, staff and students around the world to create a university that is more entrepreneurial, sustainable, international, interdisciplinary and diverse. Previously, Dr. Nellis served as provost and senior vice president of Kansas State University and oversaw 12 deans and 10 other units, including the offices of the vice provost for information technology services and the vice president for research. Dr. Nellis is recognized nationally and internationally for his research utilizing satellite data and geographic information systems to analyze various dimensions of the earth’s land surface. President M. Duane Nellis is a native of the Northwest. He was born in Spokane, Wash. He met and married his wife, Ruthie, while pursuing his bachelor′s degree in earth sciences/geography at Montana State University. He received his master′s and doctoral degrees in geography at Oregon State University.

• Remote Sensing Data Selection Issues - Timothy A. Warner, Duane Nellis, and Giles M. FoodyPART ONE: INTRODUCTIONRemote Sensing Data Selection Issues - Timothy A. Warner, Duane Nellis, and Giles M. FoodyRemote Sensing Policy - Ray HarrisPART TWO: ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION & THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENTVisible, Near-IR & Shortwave IR Spectral Characteristics of Terrestrial Surfaces - Willem van LeeuwenInteractions of Middle Infrared (3-5µm) Radiation with the Environment - Arthur Cracknell and D. S. BoydThermal Remote Sensing in Earth Science Research - Dale Quattrochi and Jeffrey C. LuvallPolarimetric SAR Phenomenology and Inversion Techniques for Vegetated Terrain - Mahta MoghaddamPART THREE: DIGITAL SENSORS AND IMAGE CHARACTERISTICSOptical Sensor Technology - John KerekesFine spatial resolution optical sensors - Thierry ToutinModerate Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors - Samuel N. Goward, Terry Arvidson, Darrel L. Williams, Richard Irish and Jim IronsCoarse Resolution Optical Sensors - Chris Justice and Compton TuckerAirborne Digital Multispectral Imaging - Doug Stow, Lloyd L. Coulter and Cody A. BenkelmanPART FOUR: REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATIONImaging Spectrometers - Michael SchaepmaActive and Passive Microwave Systems - Josef Kellndorfer and Kyle McDonaldAirborne Laser Scanning - Juha Hyyppä, W. Wagner, M. Hollaus and H. Hyyppä Radiometry and reflectance: From terminology concepts to measured quantities - Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Michael E. Schaepman, John V. Martonchik, Thomas H. Painter and Stefan DangelPre-Processing of Optical Imagery - Freek van der Meer and Harald van der Werff and Steven de JongSurface Reference Data Collection - Chris Johannsen and Craig S. T. DaughtryIntegrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems - James Merchant and Sunil NarumalaniImage Classification - John Jensen, Jungho Im, Perry Hardin, Ryan R. JensenQuantitative Models and Inversion in Optical Remote Sensing - Shunlin LiangAccuracy Assessment - Steve Stehman, Giles FoodyPART FIVE: REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS: APPLICATIONSA. LITHOSPHERIC SCIENCESMaking Sense of the Third Dimension Through Topographic Analysis - Yongxin DengRemote Sensing of Geology - Xianfeng Chen and David CampagnaRemote Sensing of Soils - Jim CampbellB. PLANT SCIENCESRemote sensing for studies of vegetation condition: Theory and application - Mike Wulder, Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops and Stephanie OrtleppRemote Sensing of Cropland Agriculture - M. Duane Nellis, Kevin Price and Don RundquistC. HYDROSPHERIC & CRYSOPHERIC SCIENCESOptical Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere: From the open ocean to inland waters - Samantha Lavender Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere - Jeff DozierD. GLOBAL CHANGE AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTSRemote Sensing for Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modeling - Greg Asner and Scott V. OllingerRemote Sensing of Urban Areas - Janet NicholRemote sensing and the social sciences - Kelley Crews and Stephen J. WalshHazard Assessment and Disaster Management using Remote Sensing - Richard Teeuw, Paul Aplin, Nick McWilliam, Toby Wicks, Matthieu Kervyn and Gerald Ernst Remote Sensing of Land Cover Change - Timothy A. Warner, Abdullah Almutairi and Jong Yeol LeePART SIX:. CONCLUSIONSRemote Sensing: A Look to the Future - Giles M. Foody, Timothy A. Warner and M. Duane Nellis

A magnificent achievement. A who′s who of contemporary remote sensing have produced an engaging, wide-ranging and scholarly review of the field in just one volumeProfessor Paul CurranVice-Chancellor, Bournemouth UniversityThis volume covers all the main fields of remote sensing in a very comprehendiblemanner. Most of the chapters are presented in a semi-historic account thatshows the development of the field or in methods of data processing. The discussionis accompanied by high-quality color images and graphs in order to provide asfull coverage of the topics as possible. The structure of the book is organized verysystematically into sections, sub-sections and chapters. It may thus be used as a textbook in various courses of remote sensing or as a book for independent learning inadvanced studies. The target audiences are students and researchers from differentfields such as geography, geology, and the natural and engineering science.Yitzhak AugustGeography Research Forum