E-grāmata: Thermal Remote Sensing in Land Surface Processing

To promote the use of thermal infrared data to investigate land surface processes, scientists in the technology itself and in several disciplines that make use of it, present studies in which such data have been used to derive quantitative measurements of the fluxes and redistribution of surface thermal energy balance characteristics, and used them to develop a better understanding of land surface processes and land-atmosphere interactions. They emphasize the practical procedures and impediments for using the technology. The topics include high spatial resolution mapping of surface energy balance components, coupling thermal infrared and visible satellite measurements to infer biophysical variables at land surfaces, and the exergy analysis of ecosystems. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

Remotely-sensed data has become important for the analysis, characterization and modeling of a wide array of land surface processes, whether biophysical or human, in the earth system sciences. These processes range from changes in vegetation over time and in response to climate changes and the impact of humans, through to even more complex changes in ecosystem dynamics such as in nutrient cycling, biomass or water levels. Although remote sensing is recognized as a powerful tool in the collection, analysis and modeling of environmental data, less attention has been given to the use of thermal, and especially thermal infrared, remote sensing. This is especially useful for understanding the fluxes and redistribution of materials as a key aspect of land surface processes and land-atmosphere interrelationships.Thermal Remote Sensing in Land Surface Processes presents contributions that elucidate the utility of thermal infrared remote sensing data from researchers in a range of fields. Students and researchers in the wide range of earth system sciences should find this an invaluable book, whether they are geographers, geologists, climatologists, hydrologists, landscape ecologists or other environmental scientists.