Remote Sensing Data Book

Klappentext The Remote Sensing Data Book provides a unique resource of all aspects of remote sensing for the expert and non-expert alike. Organised as a dictionary! it contains over 700 alphabetically-arranged and cross-referenced entries on how remote sensing works! what kinds of data are available! and the large number of satellites and instruments from which the information is obtained. As well as short technical definitions! it also includes longer essays and reviews to give an overview of the subject. Although not a textbook in itself! the data book will serve as a valuable addition to existing textbooks for undergraduates and graduate students on geography! environmental and earth science courses that include an element of remote sensing. It will also be an essential reference for researchers and research managers at all levels using spaceborne remote sensing methods to obtain information about the earth’s land! sea! ice and atmosphere. Zusammenfassung The Remote Sensing Data Book provides a unique and comprehensive resource of over 700 entries on all aspects of remote sensing. It will serve as a valuable addition to existing textbooks for students on geography! environmental and earth science courses! and will also be an essential reference for researchers at all levels. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface; The Dictionary.

Product details

• Authors: Gareth Rees
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press ELT
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 03.11.2005
• EAN: 9780521021746
• ISBN: 978-0-521-02174-6
• No. of pages: 280
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Technology > Electronics, electrical engineering, communications engineering; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Optics, SCIENCE / Earth Sciences / General, Earth Sciences, Geographical information systems (GIS) & remote sensing, Geographical information systems, geodata and remote sensing