Environmental remote sensing from regional to global scales / edited by Giles M. Foody and Paul J. Curran

Published:: Chichester ; New York : Wiley, 1994.
Physical Description:: xii, 238 pages, 10 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some color) ; 25 cm
Additional Creators:: Foody, Giles and Curran, Paul J., 1955-

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Contents:

Environmental issues at regional to global scales / Paul J. Curran and Giles M. Foody -- Remote sensing and terrestrial global environment research-the tiger programme / S. A. Briggs -- Explaining and monitoring land cover dynamics in drylands using multi-temporal analysis of NOAA AVHRR imagery / A. C. Millington et al. -- The use of remote sensing to characterise the regenerative states of tropical forests / Paul J. Curran and Giles M. Foody -- Global land cover: comparison of ground-based data sets to classifications with AVHRR data / R. S. Defries and J. R. G. Townshend -- Snow monitoring in the United Kingdom using NOAA AVHRR imagery / Richard M. Lucas and Andrew R. Harrison -- A Near-real-time heat source monitoring system using NOAA polar orbiting meteorological satellites / Geoffrey M. Smith and Robin A. Vaughan -- Per-zone classification of urban land cover for urban population estimation / Christiane Weber -- Attempts to drive ecosystem simulation models at local to regional scales / Paul J. Curran -- Remote sensing and the determination of geophysical parameters for input to global models / Arthur P. Cracknell -- Environmental monitoring us1ng multiple-view-angle (MVA) remotely-sensed data / M. J. Barnsley -- Earth observation data - or information? / Paul M. Mather -- Spatial data: data types, data applications ano reasons for partial adoption and non-integration / J. A. Allan -- Scale and environmental remote sensing / Giles M. Foody and Paul J. Curran.

Subject(s):

Environmental monitoring—Remote sensing

ISBN:

1852932678

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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