Description |
xviii, 440 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
Contents |
Section 1: Thermal Infrared Data for Assessment and Quantification of Surface Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture -- 1. Estimating environmental variables using thermal remote sensing-- 2. Land surface temperature retrieval techniques and applications (Case of the AVHRR)-- 3. High spatial resolution mapping of surface energy balance components with remotely sensed data-- 4. Estimating spatially-distributed surface fluxes in a semi-arid Great Basin desert using Landsat TM thermal data-- 5. Coupling thermal infrared and visible satellite measurements to infer biophysical variables at the land surface-- 6. Rapid soil drying and its implication for remote sensing of soil moisture and the surface energy budgets-- 7.Mapping surface energy fluxes with radiometric temperature-- Section 2: Thermal Infrared Data for Assessment of Ecosystem Health-- 8. Thermal infrared measurement as an indicator of planet ecosystem health-- 9. Exergy analysis of ecosystems: Establishing a role for thermal remote sensing-- Section 3: Thermal Infrared Instruments and Calibration -- 10. Calibration of thermal infrared (TIR) sensors -- 11. MUST: A MediUm Scale surface Temperature mission dedicated to environment and agriculture |
Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index |
Subject |
Infrared photography.
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Remote sensing.
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Thermal analysis in earth sciences.
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Author |
Luvall, Jeffrey C.
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Quattrochi, Dale A.
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LC no. |
2003008701 |
ISBN |
0415302242 |
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