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Re-envisioning remote sensing applications : perspectives from developing countries

Singh Ripudaman, Editor | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | 2021

Re-envisioning Remote Sensing Applications: Perspectives from Developing Countries aims at discussing varied applications of remote sensing, with respect to upcoming technologies with diverse themes. Organized into four sections of overlapping a[...]

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Mobile robots : navigation, control and sensing, surface robots and AUVs

Gerald Cook, Author ; Feitan Zhang, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : Wiley-IEEE Press | 2020

Presents the normal kinematic and dynamic equations for robots, including mobile robots, with coordinate transformations and various control strategies This fully updated edition examines the use of mobile robots for sensing objects of interest,[...]

Remote sensing for ecology and conservation : a handbook of techniques /

Ned Horning, Author | Oxford : Oxford University Press | Techniques in ecology and conservation series | 2020

The work of conservation biology has grown from local studies of single species into a discipline concerned with mapping and managing biodiversity on a global scale. Remote sensing, using satellite and aerial imaging to measure and map the envir[...]

Remote sensing : principles, interpretation and applications

Floyd F. Sabins, Author ; James Ellis, Author | Long Grove, Illinois : Waveland Press | 2020

Remote sensing has undergone profound changes over the past two decades as GPS, GIS, and sensor advances have significantly expanded the user community and availability of images. New tools, such as automation, cloud-based services, drones, and [...]

Urban agriculture network for smart city integration : dirtsat

Christine Tiballi, Author | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2020

The evolution of population increase in major urban areas has placed further pressure on an already fragile food system/economy. To eliminate the distance between food sources and inner cities, areas of urban agriculture have sprouted up in unli[...]

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Exploring the Earth system with imaging spectroscopy

Saskia Foerster, Editor ; Luis Guanter, Editor ; Teodolina Lopez, Editor ; José Moreno, Editor ; Michael Rast, Editor ; Michael E. Schaepman, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Space science series of ISSI | 2019

This volume presents a broad overview of the requirements, capabilities, challenges and future directions of spaceborne imaging spectroscopy to explore the Earth's surface for a range of application domains. These include mine exploration, soil [...]

An introduction to applying satellite remote sensing to disaster management

Kazuya Kaku, Author | Newcastle upon Tyne : Cambridge Scholars Publishing | 2019

This study on the application of satellite remote sensing in disaster management is unique in the sense that it is based on 13 years of empirical study, takes human factors (users) into account. It provides an overview of satellite remote sensin[...]

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Reeds Introductions: principles of earth bbservation for marine engineering applications

Christopher Lavers, Author | London : Reeds | 2019

An essential, introductory text for marine engineering students covering the fundamental earth-observation concepts that underpin all space-based terrestrial and maritime remote sensing methods. Satellite-based earth observation provides key wea[...]

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Satellite remote sensing and the management of natural resources

Nathalie Pettorelli, Author ; Oxford University Press | Oxford : Oxford University Press | 2019

The ability to anticipate the impacts of global environmental changes on natural resources is fundamental to designing appropriate and optimised adaptation and mitigation strategies. However, this requires the scientific community to have access[...]

Scientific satellite and Moon-based Earth observation for global change

Huadong Guo, Author ; Wenxue Fu, Author ; Guang Liu, Author | Singapore : Springer | 2019

Global change involves complex and far-reaching variations in the Earth's systems, and satellite observations have been widely used in global change studies. Over the past five decades, Earth observation has developed into a comprehensive system[...]

The view from space : NASA's evolving struggle to understand our home planet

Richard Leshner, Author ; Thor Hogan, Author | [S.l.] : University Press of Kansas | Environment and society | 2019

In 1990, NASA began developing Mission to Planet Earth (MTPE), an initiative aimed at using satellites to study the planet's environment from space. With the Earth Observing System (EOS) as its technological cornerstone, MTPE's main goal was to [...]

Earth observation open science and innovation

Pierre-Philippe Matthieu, Editor ; Christoph Aubrecht, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | ISSI scientific report series | 2018

The digital transformation is revolutionizing our ability to monitor our planet and transforming the way we access, process and exploit Earth Observation data from satellites. This book reviews these megatrends and their implications for the E[...]

Earth observation open science and innovation

Pierre-Philippe Matthieu, Editor ; Christoph Aubrecht, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | ISSI scientific report series | 2018

The digital transformation is revolutionizing our ability to monitor our planet and transforming the way we access, process and exploit Earth Observation data from satellites. This book reviews these megatrends and their implications for the E[...]

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Lidar remote sensing and applications

Pinliang Dong, Author ; Qi Chen, Author | [S.l.] : Milton : Taylor and Francis | Remote sensing applications series | 2018

Ideal for both undergraduate and graduate students in the fields of geography, forestry, ecology, geographic information science, remote sensing, and photogrammetric engineering, LiDAR Remote Sensing and Applications expertly joins LiDAR princip[...]

Remote sensing and geospatial technologies in public health

Fazlay S. Faruque, Editor | Basel (4052, Switzerland) : MDPI AG | 2018

This book demonstrates the utilization of remote sensing and geospatial technologies for a wide range of public health studies. With 15 selected papers, this book covers diverse topics and discusses different methodologies that are fundamentals [...]

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Satellite-based Earth observation : trends and challenges for economy and society

Anita Rinner, Editor ; Christian Brunner, Editor ; Georg Königsberger, Editor ; Hannes Mayer, Editor | Cham : Springer | 2018

The book focuses on the topic of trends and challenges with regards to satellite-based earth observation. Contributors include legal experts in the field and representatives from institutions such as the European Space Agency, the European Space[...]

Handbook of satellite applications Volume 1

Joseph N. Pelton, Editor ; Scott Madry, Editor ; Sergio Camacho-Lara, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2017

This handbook, done under the auspices of the International Space University based in France, addresses not only system technologies but also examines market dynamics, technical standards and regulatory constraints.The handbook is a completely m[...]

Handbook of satellite applications Volume 2

Joseph N. Pelton, Editor ; Scott Madry, Editor ; Sergio Camacho-Lara, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2017

This handbook, done under the auspices of the International Space University based in France, addresses not only system technologies but also examines market dynamics, technical standards and regulatory constraints.The handbook is a completely m[...]

Hyperspectral remote sensing : fundamentals and practices

Ruiliang Pu, Author | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications series | 2017

Advanced imaging spectral technology and hyperspectral analysis techniques for multiple applications are the key features of the book. It will present in one volume complete solutions from concepts, fundamentals and methods of acquisition of hyp[...]

Imagery and GIS : best practices for extracting information from imagery /

Kass Green, Author ; Russell G. Congalton, Author ; Mark Tukman, Author | [S.l.] : ESRI Press | 2017

This book shows how imagery can be integrated successfully into GIS maps and analysis. In this essential reference, discover how imagery brings value to GIS and how GIS can be used to derive value from imagery. Learn from case studies and in-de[...]

Integrating scale in remote sensing and GIS

Dale A. Quattrochi, Editor | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications series | 2017

This work is the most comprehensive documentation of the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place in integrating scale in remote sensing and GIS. It presents new developments in the overall concept of scale within the purvie[...]

Remote sensing for sustainability

Qihao Weng, Editor | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | 2017

Driven by the societal needs and improvement in sensor technology and image processing techniques, remote sensing has become an essential geospatial tool for understanding the Earth and managing Human-Earth interactions. Remote Sensing for Susta[...]

The rise of drones : analysis of current and future applications of drones in terrestrial remote sensing

Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2017

For the purposes of this report a drone is defined as: A reusable unmanned vehicle flown terrestrially or in space, controlled remotely or flying autonomously, using on-board flight plans, sensors, positioning systems or controls. The mission st[...]

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Principles of applied remote sensing

Siamak Khorram, Author ; Cynthia F. van der Wiele, Author ; Frank H. Koch, Author ; Stacy A.C. Nelson, Author ; Matthew D. Potts, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2016

This textbook is one of the first to explain the fundamentals and applications of remote sensing at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Topics include definitions and a brief history of payloads and platforms, data acquisition and specifi[...]

Remote sensing from air and space

R. C. Olsen, Author | Bellingham, Wash. : SPIE Press | 2016

This title examines the definition and uses of remote sensing from a military perspective. It discusses the instruments and principles that support a wide range of systems, including optical, thermal, radar, and LiDAR.

IPRs in space activities and satellite remote sensing

Baharul Islam, Author | Saarbrucken (Germany) : LAP Lambert Academic Publishing | 2015

Today, the World is facing great challenge for protection of unenhanced or unprocessed satellite image because copyright protection is not available to this either in the Berne Convention or Universal Copyright Convention because unprocessed Dat[...]

Planetary geodesy and remote sensing

Shuanggen Jin, Editor | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | 2015

Although lunar exploration began in the 1960s, the moon and other planets have many long-standing, unanswered questions about planetary environments, origin, formation and evolution, magnetization of crustal rocks, internal structure, and possib[...]

Practical handbook of remote sensing

Samantha Lavender, Author ; Andrew Lavender, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2015

The Practical Handbook of Remote Sensing offers a complete understanding of the basic scientific principles needed to perform practical remote sensing at home or at work, using a personal computer. This book contains the information needed to e[...]

QB50 GNSS radio occultation

Danijela Ignjatovic Stupar, Author | Illkirch-Graffenstaden (France) : International Space University | 2015

By researching weather in the lower thermosphere using GNSS-Radio occultation techniques the main goal of this project is to develop a system to post-process the downloaded raw data into useful information using the L1 (single) GPS frequency. Th[...]

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Remote sensing and image interpretation

Thomas M. Lillesand, Author ; R. W. Kiefer, Author ; Jonathan W. Chipman, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2015

Remote sensing and its kindred technologies, such as geographic information systems (GIS) and the Global Positioning System (GPS), are having a pervasive impact on the conduct of sciences, government, and business alike