Remote sensing of vegetation: principles, techniques, and applications/

Main Author: Jones, Hamlyn G.
Other Authors: Vaughan, R. A.
Format: Book
Language:English
Published: Oxford ; New York: Oxford University Press, c2010
Subjects:
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction
  • Basics of radiation physics for remote sensing of vegetation
  • Radiative properties of vegetation, soils, and water
  • Plant and canopy function
  • Earth observation systems
  • Preparation and manipulation of optical data
  • Use of spectral information for sensing vegetation properties and for image classification
  • Multiangular sensing of vegetation structure and modelling of radiation-transfer properties
  • Remote sensing of canopy mass and heat exchanges
  • Sampling, error, and scaling
  • Integrated applications.