Remote sensing of natural resources. ([2014])

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Edited by Guangxing Wang, Qihao Weng.
• Editors: Wang, Guangxing; Weng, Qihao
• Contents: Remote sensing systems -- Introduction to remote sensing systems, data, and applications -- Sampling design and product quality assessment -- Remote sensing applications for sampling design of natural resources -- Accuracy assessment for classification and modeling -- Accuracy assessment for soft classifications maps -- Spatial uncertainty analysis when mapping natural resources using remotely sensed data -- Land use and land cover classification -- Land use/land cover classification in the Brazilian Amazon with different sensor data and classification algorithms -- Vegetation change detection in the Brazilian Amazon with multitemporal landsat images -- Extraction of impervious surfaces from hyperspectral imagery : linear versus nonlinear methods -- Road extraction : a review of LiDAR-focused studies -- Natural landscape, ecosystem and landscape modeling -- Plant invasion and imaging spectroscopy -- Assessing military training-induced landscape fragmentation and dynamics of Fort Riley installation using spatial metrics and remotely sensed data -- Automated individual tree-crown delineation and treetop detection with very-high-resolution aerial imagery -- Tree species classification -- Estimation of forest stock and yield using LiDAR data -- National forest resource inventory and monitoring system -- Agriculture -- Remote sensing applications on crop monitoring and prediction -- Remote sensing applications to precision farming -- Mapping and uncertainty analysis of crop residue cover using sequential Gaussian cosimulation with QuickBird images -- Biomass and carbon cycle modeling -- Remote sensing of leaf area index of vegetation covers -- LiDAR remote sensing of vegetation covers -- Carbon cycle modeling for terrestrial ecosystems -- Remote sensing applications to modeling biomass and carbon of oceanic ecosystems -- Wetland, soils, and minerals -- Wetland classification -- Remote sensing applications to monitoring wetland dynamics : a case study on Qinghai Lake Ramsar Site, China -- Hyperspectral sensing on acid sulfate soils via mapping iron-bearing and aluminum-bearing minerals on the Swan Coastal Plain, Western Australia.
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2014
• Copyright Date: 2014
• Extent: 1 online resource (xxiii, 532 pages)
• Subjects: 333.70285; Remote sensing; Natural resources -- Remote sensing; NATURE / Environmental Conservation & Protection; TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Remote Sensing & Geographic Information Systems; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Environmental Economics; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Green Business; NATURE / Natural Resources; Natural resources -- Remote sensing; Remote sensing; Natural resources -- Remote sensing; Remote sensing; Electronic books; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 9781466556935; 1466556935; 9781299877511; 1299877516
• Related ISBNs: 9781466556928; 1466556927
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references and index.; Note: Description based on print version record.
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