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Addresses the future challenge facing the scientific community of the early 21st century in terms of...
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Addresses the future challenge facing the scientific community of the early 21st century in terms of utilizing remote sensing space-based technologies to monitor environmental changes over the planet. Fifteen chapters discuss applications, project formulation, and analytical approach; survey of multispectral methods; North American landscape characterization; classification-based change detection; an evaluation of the CoastWatch change detection protocol; comparison of methods for detecting conifer forest change; wildfire detection; vegetation patterns, changes, and trends; radar remote sensing of wetlands; radar interferometry; and sampling systems. Contains b&w and color illustrations. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
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