Chapter 1 An Introduction to Remote Sensing |
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1.2 Aircraft Versus Satellites |
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1.4 Observations of the Earth's Surface |
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1.5 Communications and Data Collection Systems |
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1.5.1 Communications Systems |
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1.5.2 Data Collection Systems |
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Chapter 2 Sensors and Instruments |
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2.2 Electromagnetic Radiation |
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2.3 Visible and Near-Infrared Sensors |
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2.4 Thermal-Infrared Sensors |
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2.6.1 Sound Navigation and Ranging |
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Chapter 3 Satellite Systems |
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3.2 Meteorological Remote Sensing Satellites |
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3.2.1 Polar-Orbiting Meteorological Satellites |
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3.2.2 Geostationary Meteorological Satellites |
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3.3 Nonmeteorological Remote Sensing Satellites |
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3.3.3 Resurs-F and Resurs-O |
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3.3.5 Pioneering Oceanographic Satellites |
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3.4.1 Spectral Resolution |
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3.4.3 Frequency of Coverage |
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Chapter 4 Data Reception, Archiving, and Distribution |
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4.2 Data Reception from the TIROS-N/NOAA Series of Satellites |
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4.3 Data Reception from Other Remote Sensing Satellites |
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4.4 Archiving and Distribution |
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Chapter 5 Lasers and Airborne Remote Sensing Systems |
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5.2 Early Airborne Lidar Systems |
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5.4 Lidar for Land Surveys |
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5.4.1 Positioning and Direct Georeferencing of Laser Data |
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5.4.2 Applications of Airborne Lidar Scanning |
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5.6 Airborne Gamma Ray Spectroscopy |
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Chapter 6 Ground Wave and Sky Wave Radar Techniques |
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Chapter 7 Active Microwave Instruments |
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7.4 Synthetic Aperture Radar |
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7.5 Interferometric Synthetic Aperture Radar |
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Chapter 8 Atmospheric Corrections to Passive Satellite Remote Sensing Data |
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8.2 Radiative Transfer Theory |
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8.3 Physical Processes Involved in Atmospheric Correction |
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8.3.1.1 Surface Radiance: L, (kappa), T, |
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8.3.1.2 Upwelling Atmospheric Radiance: L2(kappa), T, |
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8.3.1.3 Downwelling Atmospheric Radiance: L,(kappa), T3 |
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8.3.1.4 Space Component: L,(kappa), T4 |
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8.3.1.5 Total Radiance: L*(kappa), Tb |
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8.3.1.6 Calculation of Sea-Surface Temperature |
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8.3.2 Reflected Radiation |
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8.3.3 Atmospheric Transmission |
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8.3.3.1 Scattering by Air Molecules |
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8.3.3.2 Absorption by Gases |
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8.3.3.3 Scattering by Aerosol Particles |
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8.4 Thermal-Infrared Scanners and Passive Microwave Scanners |
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8.4.1 The Radiative Transfer Equation |
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8.4.2 Thermal-Infrared Scanner Data |
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8.4.3 Passive Microwave Scanner Data |
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8.5 Visible Wavelength Scanners |
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8.5.1 Calibration of the Data |
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8.5.2 Atmospheric Corrections to the Satellite-Received Radiance |
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8.5.3 Algorithms for the Extraction of Marine Parameters from Water-Leaving Radiance |
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Chapter 9 Image Processing |
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9.2 Digital Image Displays |
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9.3 Image Processing Systems |
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9.5 Image Processing Programs |
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9.6.1 Contrast Enhancement |
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Chapter 10 Applications of Remotely Sensed Data |
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10.2 Applications to the Atmosphere |
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10.2.1 Weather Satellites in Forecasting and Nowcasting |
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10.2.2 Weather Radars in Forecasting |
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10.2.3 Determination of Temperature Changes with Height from Satellites |
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10.2.4 Measurements of Wind Speed |
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10.2.4.1 Tropospheric Estimations from Cloud Motion |
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10.2.4.2 Microwave Estimations of Surface Wind Shear |
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10.2.5 Hurricane Prediction and Tracking |
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10.2.6 Satellite Climatology |
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10.2.6.1 Cloud Climatology |
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10.2.6.2 Global Temperature |
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10.3 Applications to the Geosphere |
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10.3.1 Geological Information from Electromagnetic Radiation |
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10.3.2 Geological Information from the Thermal Spectrum |
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10.3.2.2 Engineering Geology |
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10.3.2.3 Geothermal and Volcano Studies |
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10.3.2.4 Detecting Underground and Surface Coal Fires |
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10.3.3 Geological Information from Radar Data |
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10.3.4 Geological Information from Potential Field Data |
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10.3.5 Geological Information from Sonars |
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10.4 Applications to the Biosphere |
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10.4.3 Spatial Information Systems: Land Use and Land Cover Mapping |
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10.5 Applications to the Hydrosphere |
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10.5.2 Oceanography and Marine Resources |
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10.5.2.1 Satellite Views of Upwelling |
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10.5.2.2 Sea-Surface Temperatures |
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10.5.2.3 Monitoring Pollution |
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10.6 Applications to the Cryosphere |
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References |
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Bibliography |
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Appendix |
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Index |
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