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Title Thermal remote sensing in land surface processes / edited by Dale A. Quattrochi and Jeffrey C. Luvall
Published New York, NY : Taylor & Francis, 2004

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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.
Remote sensing.
Thermal analysis in earth sciences.
Author Luvall, Jeffrey C.
Quattrochi, Dale A.
LC no. 2003008701
ISBN 0415302242