The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing/

Section I: Introduction
Chapter 1: Remote Sensing Scale and Data Selection Issues
Chapter 2: Remote Sensing Policy
Section II: Electromagnetic Radiation and the Terrestrial Environment
Chapter 3: Visible, Near-IR, and Shortwave IR Spectral Characteristics of Terrestrial Surfaces
Chapter 4: Interactions of Middle Infrared (3–5 μm) Radiation with the Environment
Chapter 5: Thermal Remote Sensing in Earth Science Research
Chapter 6: Polarimetric SAR Phenomenology and Inversion Techniques for Vegetated Terrain
Section III: Digital Sensors and Image Characteristics
Chapter 7: Optical Sensor Technology
Chapter 8: Fine Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors
Chapter 9: Moderate Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors
Chapter 10: Coarse Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors
Chapter 11: Airborne Digital Multispectral Imaging
Chapter 12: Imaging Spectrometers
Chapter 13: Active and Passive Microwave Systems
Chapter 14: Airborne Laser Scanning
Section IV: Remote Sensing Analysis: Design and Implementation
Chapter 15: Radiometry and Reflectance: From Terminology Concepts to Measured Quantities
Chapter 16: Pre-Processing of Optical Imagery
Chapter 17: Surface Reference Data Collection
Chapter 18: Integrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems
Chapter 19: Image Classification
Chapter 20: Quantitative Models and Inversion in Optical Remote Sensing
Chapter 21: Accuracy Assessment
Section V: Remote Sensing Applications
A. Lithosphericsciences
Chapter 22: Making Sense of the Third Dimension Through Topographic Analysis
Chapter 23: Remote Sensing of Geology
Chapter 24: Remote Sensing of Soils
B. Plant Sciences
Chapter 25: Remote Sensing for Studies of Vegetation Condition: Theory and Application
Chapter 26: Remote Sensing of Cropland Agriculture
C. Hydrospheric and Cryospheric Sciences
Chapter 27: Optical Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere: From the Open Ocean to Inland Waters
Chapter 28: Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere
D. Global Change and Human Environments
Chapter 29: Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modeling
Chapter 30: Remote Sensing of Urban Areas
Chapter 31: Remote Sensing and the Social Sciences
Chapter 32: Hazard Assessment and Disaster Management Using Remote Sensing
Chapter 33: Remote Sensing of Land Cover Change
Section VI: Conclusions
Chapter 34: A Look to the Future