Manual of Remote Sensing, Volume 4 'Remote Sensing for Natural Resource Management and Environmental Monitoring'
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Part of an ongoing series of manuals covering the range of applications of remotely sensed imagery, Volume 4 addresses the use of this technology in natural resource management and environmental monitoring. Comprehensive, authoritative, and up-to-date, it covers terrestrial ecosystems, aquatic ecosystems, and agriculture ecosystems, as well as future directions in technology and research.

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SUSAN L. USTIN, PhD, is Professor of Resource Science in the Department of Land, Air, and Water Resources at University of California, Davis. She is also Director of the Western Regional Center for Global Environmental Change (WESTGEC), and Director of the UCD California Space Institute Center of Excellence and the Center for Spatial Technologies and Remote Sensing (CSTARS), both at UC Davis.

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Preface.

Contributors.

PART I: Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Ecosystems.

CHAPTER 1: Remote Sensing of Soils and Soil Processes (Alfredo Huete).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 2: Biophysical Remote Sensing Signatures of Arid and Semiarid Ecosystems (Gregory P. Asner).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 3: Remote Sensing in Arid Regions: Challenges and Opportunities (Gregory S. Okin and Dar A. Roberts).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 4: Temperate and Boreal Forests (Eric S. Kasischke, Scott Goetz, Matthew C. Hansen, Mutlu Ozdogan, John Rogan, Susan L. Ustin, and Curtis E. Woodcock).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 5: Tropical Forests (Richard M. Lucas, Alexander A. Held, Stuart R. Phinn, and Sassan Saatchi).

References (see CD-ROM).

PART II: Remote Sensing of Aquatic Ecosystems.

CHAPTER 6: Tropical Freshwater Wetlands (John M. Melack).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 7: Rivers and Lakes (Leal A. K. Mertes, Arnold G. Dekker, G. Robert Brakenridge, Charon M. Birkett, and Guy Létourneau 7.1. Introduction).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 8: Coastal Margins and Estuaries (Curtiss O. Davis, Gia M. Lamela, Timothy F. Donato, and Charles M. Bachmann).

References (see CD-ROM).

PART III: Remote Sensing of Agriculture Ecosystems.

CHAPTER 9: Grazing Agriculture: Managed Pasture, Grassland, and Rangeland (Michael J. Hill)

References (see CD-ROM).

Suggested Reading (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 10: Remote Sensing of Dryland Crops (Jerry L. Hatfield, John H. Prueger, and William P. Kustas).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 11: Wetland Agriculture (Sushma Panigrahy and K. R. Manjunath).

References (see CD-ROM).

CHAPTER 12: Application of Image-Based Remote Sensing to Irrigated Agriculture (M. Susan Moran, Stephen J. Maas, Vern C. Vanderbilt, Edward M. Barnes, Scott N. Miller, and Thomas R. Clarke).


References (see CD-ROM).

PART IV: New Directions.

CHAPTER 13: Remote Sensing of the Environment: State of the Science and New Directions (Susan L. Ustin, Stéphane Jacquemoud, Pablo J. Zarco-Tejada, and Gregory P. Asner).

References (see CD-ROM).

Index.
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