A guide to remote sensing: interpreting images of the earth
Choice Reviews Online · 1991
Part 1 The problems: water food natural disasters physical communications physical resources natural environments security. Part 2 Getting the information: human perception radiation and matter - reflection and absorption, thermal emission, artificial radiation detecting radiation - photographs, electromechanical methods, passive microwave imaging, active microwave or radar imaging sources of remotely sensed data displaying information - other kinds of data. Part 3 Interpreting the information: the weather and climate the sea the land natural vegetation use of the land beneath the surface. Part 4 Using the information: water resources food and fibre physical resources communications disasters environmental change military uses. Part 5 Operational issues: benefits and costs training data distribution future prospects. Appendices: training opportunities sources of images.