ABSTRACT

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Land Reso

part |2 pages

Part I: Satellites and Sensors from Different Eras and Their Characteristics

part |2 pages

Part II: Fundamentals of Remote Sensing: Evolution, State of the Art, and Future Possibilities

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Part IV: Vegetation Index Standardization and Cross-Calibration of Data from Multiple Sensors

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Part V: Image Processing Methods and Approaches

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Part IX: Crowdsourcing and Remote Sensing Data

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Part X: Cloud Computing and Remote Sensing

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Part XI: Google Earth for Remote Sensing

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Google Earth for Remote Sensing

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Part XII: Accuracies, Errors, and Uncertainties of Remote Sensing– Derived Products

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Part XIII: Space Law and Remote Sensing

part |1 pages

Back Cover

chapter |7 pages

Cover

chapter |4 pages

Contents

chapter |4 pages

Acknowledgments

chapter |4 pages

Editor

chapter |6 pages

Contributors

part |2 pages

Section IV: Phenology and Food Security

part |2 pages

Section VIII: Land Use/Land Cover

part |2 pages

Section IX: Carbon

part |1 pages

Back Cover

chapter |6 pages

Front Cover

part |2 pages

Dedication

chapter |4 pages

Contents

chapter |4 pages

Acknowledgments

chapter |4 pages

Editor

chapter |4 pages

Contributors

chapter |56 pages

SECTION I - Hydrology and Water Resources

chapter |48 pages

SECTION III - Floods

chapter |82 pages

SECTION IV - Wetlands

chapter |30 pages

SECTION V - Snow and Ice

chapter |24 pages

SECTION VI - Nightlights

chapter |26 pages

SECTION VII - Geomorphology

chapter |116 pages

SECTION VIII - Droughts and Drylands

chapter |60 pages

SECTION IX - Disasters

chapter |30 pages

SECTION X - Volcanoes

chapter |36 pages

SECTION XI - Fires

chapter |34 pages

SECTION XII - Urban Areas

chapter |46 pages

SECTION XIII - Summary