Earth observation for land and emergency monitoring. (2017)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Heiko Balzter.
• Editors: Balzter, Heiko
• Contents: Title Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Preface; 1 Earth Observation for Land and Emergency Monitoring Core Services; Part I: Forest Monitoring; 2 Methodology for Regional to Global Mapping of Aboveground Forest Biomass; 2.1 Forests and Carbon; 2.2 Using Earth Observation Imagery to Measure Aboveground Biomass; 2.3 Global Forest Monitoring; 2.4 Remote Sensing and Biomass Allometry; 2.5 Synergistic Use of Regional Allometry, in situ Measurements, and Spaceborne Profiling LiDAR, with Optical and SAR Imagery for Biomass Mapping; 2.6 Conclusions; References 3 Remote Sensing for Aboveground Biomass Estimation in Boreal Forests3.1 Introduction; 3.2 The Boreal Forest Ecosystem; 3.3 Remote Sensing for Biomass Estimation; 3.4 Radar Remote Sensing for Biomass Estimation in Boreal Forests; 3.5 Summary; Acknowledgments; References; 4 Forest Mapping of the Congo Basin using Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR); 4.1 Introduction; 4.2 Remote Sensing of Central African Forests; 4.3 Case Study; 4.4 Discussion; 4.5 Conclusion; References; Part II: Land Cover and Land Cover Change Monitoring 5 Multi‐Frequency SAR Applications for Land Cover Classification Within Copernicus Downstream Services5.1 Background; 5.2 Examples of Multi‐Frequency SAR; 5.3 Methods and Data; 5.4 Results; 5.5 Discussion; 5.6 Conclusions; References; 6 Unsupervised Land Use/Land Cover Change Detection with Integrated Pixel and Object Based Approaches for High Resolution Remote Sensing Imagery; 6.1 Introduction; 6.2 Datasets; 6.3 Methods; 6.4 Results and Discussion; 6.5 Conclusion; References; 7 Earth Observation Land Data Assimilation System (EO‐LDAS) Regularization Constraints over Barrax Site 7.1 Background7.2 Methods and Data; 7.3 Results; 7.4 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part III: Coastal Zone and Freshwater Monitoring; 8 SAR‐Based EO of Salt Marsh Habitats in Support of Integrated Coastal Zone Management; 8.1 Introduction; 8.2 Case Study: Llanrhidian Marsh; 8.3 Discussion and Conclusions; References; 9 A Framework for Lakeshore Vegetation Assessment Using Field Spectroscopy and Airborne Hyperspectral Imagery; 9.1 Background; 9.2 Methods and Data; 9.3 Results; 9.4 Discussion and Conclusions; References 10 Copernicus Framework for Monitoring Lake Balaton Phytoplankton10.1 Introduction; 10.2 Remote Sensing of Phytoplankton; 10.3 Medium Resolution Imaging Spectrometer (MERIS); 10.4 Lake Balaton; 10.5 MERIS Phytoplankton Mapping of Lake Balaton; 10.6 Future Outlook; 10.7 Conclusions; Acknowledgements; References; Part IV: Land Deformation Mapping and Humanitarian Crisis Response; 11 InSAR Techniques for Land Deformation Monitoring; 11.1 Introduction; 11.2 Background; 11.3 Methods and Data; 11.4 Results and Discussions; 11.5 Conclusions; Acknowledgments; References
• Publisher Details: Chichester, West Sussex : Wiley-Blackwell
• Publication Date: 2017
• Extent: 1 online resource
• Subjects: 363.348; Emergency management -- Remote sensing; Artificial satellites in remote sensing; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Infrastructure; SOCIAL SCIENCE / General; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781118793787; 1118793781; 9781118793732; 1118793730
• Related ISBNs: 9781118793794
• Notes: Note: Online resource; title from PDF title page (EBSCO, viewed March 28, 2017).
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