"Featuring contributors from 17 countries, this book systematically presents recent advances in environmental remote sensing. First, the text provides the latest developments in remote sensing data and sensor systems, paying special attention to LIDAR, high spatial-resolution sensing, hyperspectral sensing, and data fusion of various sensors. Next, authors examine cutting-edge algorithms and techniques for the detection, interpretation, characterization, and modeling of Earth surface features. The final section explores applications of current data, sensors, algorithms, and techniques to the remote sensing of land, vegetation, water, and air."--Provided by publisher."1. Aims and Scope The main purpose of compiling such a book is to provide an authoritative supplementary text for upper division undergraduate and graduate students, who may have chosen a text book from a variety of choice in the market. This book collects two types of articles: (1) comprehensive review articles from leading authorities to examine the developments in concepts, methods, techniques, and applications in a sub-field of environmental remote sensing; and (2) focused review articles in respect of the latest developments in a hot topic area with one to two concise case studies. Because of the nature of articles collected, this book can also serve as a good reference book for researchers, scientists, engineers, and policy-makers who wish to keep up with new developments in environmental remote sensing"--Provided by publisher. Read more... Remote sensing of vegetation with landsat imagery / Conghe Song, Joshua M. Gray, and Feng Gao -- Review of selected moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer algorithms, data products, and applications / Yang Shao, Gregory N. Taff, and Ross S. Lunetta -- Lidar remote sensing / Sorin C. Popescu -- Impulse synthetic aperture radar / Giorgio Franceschetti and James Z. Tatoian -- Hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation bioparameters / Ruiliang Pu and Peng Gong -- Thermal remote sensing of urban areas: theoretical backgrounds and case studies / Qihao Weng -- Atmospheric correction methods for optical remote sensing imagery of land / Rudolf Richter -- Three-dimensional geometric correction of Earth observation satellite data / Thierry Toutin -- Remote sensing image classification / Dengsheng Lu ... [et al.] -- Object-based image analysis for vegetation mapping and monitoring / Thomas Blaschke, Kasper Johansen, and Dirk Tiede -- Land-use and land-cover change detection / Dengsheng Lu ... [et al.] -- Remote sensing of ecosystem structure and function / Alfredo R. Huete and Edward P. Glenn -- Remote sensing of live fuel moisture / Stephen R. Yool -- Forest change analysis using time-series landsat observations / Chengquan Huang -- Satellite-based modeling of gross primary production of terrestrial ecosystems / Xiangming Xiao ... [et al.] -- Global croplands and their water use from remote sensing and nonremote sensing perspectives / Prasad S. Thenkabail ... [et al.] -- Remote sensing of aerosols from space: a review of aerosol retrieval using the moderate-resolution imaging spectroradiometer / Man Sing Wong and Janet Nichol -- Remote estimation of chlorophyll-a concentration in inland, estuarine, and coastal waters / Anatoly A. Gitelson ... [et al.] -- Retrievals of turbulent heat fluxes and surface soil water content by remote sensing / George P. Petropoulos and Toby N. Carlson -- Remote sensing of urban biophysical environments / Qihao Weng -- Development of the USGS National Land-Cover Database over two decades / George Xian, Collin Homer, and Limin Yang