Scale issues in remote sensing / / edited by Qihao Weng

• Pubblicazione: Hoboken, New Jersey : , : John Wiley & Sons, , 2014; ©2014
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (352 p.)
• Disciplina: 621.36/78
• Soggetto topico: Remote sensing - Mathematics; Ecology - Mathematical models; Spatial ecology - Mathematical models
• Altri autori: WengQihao
• Note generali: Description based upon print version of record.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Scale Issues in Remote Sensing; Contents; Acknowledgments; Contributors; Author Biography; Introduction; 1 Characterizing, Measuring, Analyzing, and Modeling Scale in Remote Sensing: An Overview; 1.1 SCALE ISSUES IN REMOTE SENSING; 1.2 CHARACTERIZING, MEASURING, ANALYZING, AND MODELING SCALE; REFERENCES; Part I: Scale, Measurement, Modeling, and Analysis; 2 Scale Issues in Multisensor Image Fusion; 2.1 SCALE IN REMOTE SENSING; 2.2 FUSION METHODS; 2.3 EHLERS FUSION; 2.4 FUSION OF MULTISCALE ELECTRO-OPTICAL DATA; 2.4.1 Data Sets and Study Site; 2.4.2 Multisensor Image Fusion ; 2.4.3 Image Fusion with Variable Spatial Resolution2.5 FUSION OF ELECTRO-OPTICAL AND RADAR DATA; 2.6 CONCLUSION; REFERENCES; 3 Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing for Analysis of Landscape Ecological Processes: Current Insights and Trends; 3.1 INTRODUCTION; 3.2 SOME BACKGROUND ON NASA TIR SATELLITE INSTRUMENTS; 3.3 USE OF TIR DATA IN ANALYSIS LANDSCAPE ECOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; 3.4 ESTIMATING LAND SURFACE ENERGY BUDGETS USING REMOTE SENSING DATA; 3.5 EVAPORATION/EVAPOTRANSPIRATION/SOIL MOISTURE; 3.6 DROUGHT MONITORING; 3.7 DESERT OR ARID ENVIRONMENTS ; 3.8 THERMAL ENERGY THEORY AS APPLIED TO ECOLOGICAL THERMODYNAMICS3.8.1 Beta Index as Measure of Surface Temperature Spatial Variation; 3.8.2 Thermal Response Number; 3.8.3 Ecological Complexity and Ecological Health; 3.9 CONCLUDING REMARKS; REFERENCES; 4 On the Issue of Scale in Urban Remote Sensing; 4.1 INTRODUCTION; 4.2 URBAN LAND MAPPING AND CATEGORICAL SCALE; 4.3 OBSERVATIONAL SCALE AND IMAGE SCENE MODELS; 4.4 OPERATIONAL SCALE; 4.5 SCALE DEPENDENCY OF URBAN PHENOMENA; 4.5.1 Spatial Variations of Land Surface Temperature at Multiple Census Scales; 4.5.2 Population Estimation ; 4.6 CONCLUSIONSREFERENCES; Part II: Scale in Remote Sensing of Plants and Ecosystems; 5 Change Detection Using Vegetation Indices and Multiplatform Satellite Imagery at Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales; 5.1 INTRODUCTION; 5.2 COMBINING PHENOCAMS, LANDSAT, AND MODIS IMAGERY TO MONITOR EFFECTS OF INSECT DEFOLIATION OF VEGETATION ACROSS SPATIAL AND TEMPORAL SCALES; 5.2.1 Need for Multiplatform Methods in Detecting Insect Damage to Forests; 5.2.2 Background on Tamarix and Tamarix Leaf Beetles on Western U.S. Rivers ; 5.2.3 Phenocams Combine High Spatial and Temporal Resolution with Limited Field of View5.2.4 Landsat Imagery to Compare NDVI and ET Before and After Beetle Arrival along Six River Systems; 5.2.5 MODIS Imagery to Compare EVI and ET Before and After Beetle Arrival; 5.3 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THESE AND OTHER CHANGE STUDIES; 5.3.1 Importance of Ground Measurement as Basis for Remote Sensing Scaling Procedures; 5.3.2 Precision versus Accuracy: Importance of Multiple Independent Methods for Measuring Biophysical Variables ; 5.3.3 Example of Multiple Sources of Measurements to Constrain Accuracy of ET Estimates
• Sommario/riassunto: This book provides up-to-date developments, methods, and techniques in the field of GIS and remote sensing and features articles from internationally renowned authorities on three interrelated perspectives of scaling issues: scale in land surface properties, land surface patterns, and land surface processes. The book is ideal as a professional reference for practicing geographic information scientists and remote sensing engineers as well as a supplemental reading for graduate level students.
• Titolo autorizzato: Scale issues in remote sensing
• ISBN: 1-118-80162-8; 1-118-80155-5; 1-118-80146-6
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910138961003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II