Product Description

Now in a revised and updated fourth edition, this popular text introduces students to widely used forms of remote sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hydrology, earth sciences, and land use analysis. Providing comprehensive coverage of principal topics in the field, the book's 4 sections and 21 chapters are carefully designed as independent units that instructors can select from as needed for their courses. Illustrations include 28 color plates and nearly 400 black-and-white images and figures. New in the Fourth Edition: A new chapter devoted specifically to lidar Coverage of phenology and plant pathology applications Revised examples and illustrations in the Image Interpretation chapter Restructured chapters on GIS, Land Use and Land Cover, and Earth Sciences, designed for greater practical utility.

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #77685 in Books
• Published on: 2007-02-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Paperback
• 546 pages

From the Back Cover

Now in its revised and updated fourth edition, this popular text presents a timely overview of the most widely used forms of remote sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hydrology, earth sciences, and land-use analysis. Introduction to Remote Sensing, Fourth Edition features new coverage of lidar technology, radar interferometry, and the present generation of satellite sensors, as well as other topics of current significance. Integrating knowledge from the many fields that contribute to remote sensing, the text is richly illustrated with 28 color plates and more than 380 black-and-white images and figures.

New in the fourth edition:

A new chapter devoted specifically to lidar
Coverage of phenology and plant pathology applications
Revised examples and illustrations in the Image Interpretation chapter
Restructured chapters on GIS, Land Use and Land Cover, and Earth Sciences, designed for practical utility

About the Author
James B. Campbell is Professor of Geography and co-director of the Center for Environmental Analysis of Remote Sensing at Virginia Tech.

Customer Reviews

A complete giude to Remote Sensing Practices and Techniques
"Introduction to Remote Sensing" by James Campbell covers Remote Sensing, past and present, from one end of the spectrum to the other. Head of the Geography Department at Virginia Tech, his book shows all of the new technology and image processing required for todays sensors. It has excellent illustrations and charts to get the point across easily for a very difficult subject. Complete and up to date, Campbell discusses the new wave of remote sensing, image classification, plant sciences, earth sciences, gps, hyperspectral data, the history of satellites, radiation and cartography. And most of all, how to apply it accurately.

An excelent introduction
This book illustrates the authors vast and broad knowlegde on the subject. Even though the level of detail sometimes is high, it never obscures the issue. The book is easy to read, and interesting for anyone who want to learn (more) about Remote Sensing. Also it works very well as a solid foundation for anyone with interest in the expanding field of GIS. The paperback itself is of very high quality, unlike so many other books who just dissolves in your hands. My personal opinion is that it could be more mathematical, but I know I am a minority. This book is highly recommended to University-courses on both this subject an GIS.