Observing Land from Space Science, Customers and Technology
M. Verstraete (1) and M. Menenti (2, 3) (1) Space Applications Institute, Ispra, Italy, (2) The Winand Staring Centre for Integrated Land, Soil and Water Research, Wageningen, The Netherlands and (3) Université Louis Pasteur, Illkirch, France. The European Network for the development of Advanced Mod...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Dordrecht
Springer Netherlands
2000, 2000
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| Edition: | 1st ed. 2000 |
| Series: | Advances in Global Change Research
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| Collection: | Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Table of Contents:
- Land-Cover Categories Versus Biophysical Attributes to Monitor Land-Cover Change by Remote Sensing
- A New Approach to Characterize Global Land Surfaces
- Remote Sensing Requirements to Support Forest Inventories
- Some Research and Applications in the CSIRO (Australia) Earth Observation Centre on Scene Brightness Due to BRDF
- Remote Sensing of Albedo Using the BRDF in Relation to Land Surface Properties
- Experimental Study of Statistical Characteristics of Plant Canopy Radiation Regime
- Light Scattering Models and Reflectance Measurements in Remote Sensing of Snow
- Ray Optics Approximation for Random Clusters of Gaussian Spheres
- Backscattering of Light by Snow
- Australian Sites for the Validation of Satellite Retrievals of the Radiative Properties of Land Surfaces
- Instruments and Methods for the Ground-Level Reference Measurement of Solar Radiation, Albedo and Net Radiation
- The NASA Earth System Science Program in 21st Century
- ESA’s Plans and Strategy for Optical Remote Sensing of Terrestrial Surfaces in the Next Decade
- Early Results from Adeos and Future Earth Observation Missions
- Vegetation: An Earth Observation System to Monitor the Biosphere
- Hyperspectral Imager Survey and Developments for Scientific and Operational Land Processes Monitoring Applications
- Summary and Conclusions
- Welcome Address
- Activities of the European Commission in Earth Observation
- The CEO Initiatives to Collect and Analyze User Requirements for Earth Observation
- National Strategy for Developing Earth Observation Applications in Finland
- Operationalization of Earth Observation
- Remote Sensing of Forest Fires
- Using Current and Future Remote Sensing Systems in Natural Hazards Management
- Examples of the Use of Satellite Data in Numerical Weather Prediction Models
- The Contribution of Remote Sensing Technologies and Algorithms to Land Surface Processes Studies
- Exploitation and Evaluation of Retrieval Algorithms for Geostationary Satellite Data Processing
- The Role of Remote Sensing in Land Surface Experiments within BAHC and ISLSCP
- Earth Observation Demands for Improved Water Resources Management
- A Biophysical Process-Based Estimate of Global Land Surface Evaporation Using Satellite and Ancillary Data
- Remote Sensing of Land Cover and Land Cover Change