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This will be a comprehensive book on remote sensing, covering the entire spectrum of energies, wave and particle interactions and field generation, spectrum and image production, from magnetosphere to surface, from high energy gamma-rays to low energy sonic waves, for the Earth and planets.

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Author:   Pamela Clark ,  Michael Rilee
Publisher:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Imprint:   Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Edition:   Edition. ed.
ISBN:  

9781441956798

ISBN 10:   1441956794
Pages:   376
Publication Date:   01 August 2010
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Stock Indefinitely
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

Historical Developments in Remote Sensing and Mapping.- Principles of Data and Image Processing: Processing and interpreting remote sensing data, Transforming and correlating remote sensing datasets.- The Visible Spectrum: The origin, observations, and interpretation of Image and Spectral Bands, color, texture, and albedo for classification of terranes.- Exploring the Ray Region: Gamma-ray region (Natural radioactivity, Cosmic Ray interaction), X-ray Region (Production, Fluorescence, Scatter), Neutrons (Production, Scatter), UV (XUV, fluorescence, absorption, albedo) for elemental abundances.- Exploring the Near Visible Region: SUV, Near IR, Mid-IR, active and passive techniques (lasers), for molecular constituents (atmospheres)/mineralogy (surfaces).- Exploring the Longwave Region: Thermal IR, Microwave, Radio, Sound, Topograpy (altimetry), active and passive techniques, surface properties from kilometers to millimeters.- Exploring Fields and Particles (3D): for interior structure, Gravity, Magnetic Fields, Ions and Electrons (Magnetosphere).- Future of Remote Sensing: issues in studying complex systems, data fusion methodologies, proposed instrument assemblages and missions.

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