Thermal Remote Sensing in Land Surface Processes

Dale Quattrochi,Jeffrey C Luvall,Ebooks Corporation.9780203502174, 0203502175

Table of contents :
Contents……Page 6
1 Estimating environmental variables using thermal remote sensing……Page 34
2 Land surface temperature retrieval techniques and applications case of the AVHRR……Page 56
3 High spatial resolution mapping of surface energy balance components with remotely sensed data……Page 133
4 Estimating spatially distributed surface fluxes in a semi arid Great Basin desert using Landsat TM thermal data……Page 156
5 Coupling thermal infrared and visible satellite measurements to infer biophysical variables at the land surface……Page 183
6 Rapid soil drying and its implications for remote sensing of soil moisture and the surface energy fluxes……Page 208
7 Mapping surface energy fluxes with radiometric temperature……Page 228
8 Thermal infrared measurement as an indicator of plant ecosystem health……Page 304
9 Exergy analysis of ecosystems establishing a role for thermal remote sensing……Page 330
10 Calibration of thermal infrared sensors……Page 410
11 MUST a medium scale surface temperature mission dedicated to environment and agriculture……Page 452
Epilogue……Page 476
Index……Page 478