Land remote sensing and global environmental change: NASA's Earth Observing System and the Science of ASTER and MODIS

Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: The Science of ASTER andMODIS is an edited compendium of contributions dealing with ASTER and MODIS satellite sensors aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua platforms launched as part of the Earth Observing System fleet in 1999 and 2002 respectively. This volume is divided into six sections. The first three sections provide insights into the history, philosophy, and evolution of the EOS, ASTER and MODIS instrument designs and calibration mechanisms, and the data systems components used to manage and provide the science data and derived products. The latter three sections exclusively deal with ASTER and MODIS data products and their applications, andthe future of these two classes of remotely sensed observations. The first comprehensive resource on ASTER and MODIS Provides a synoptic view of how systems engineering facilitates a complex and growing data and information management system Explores the philosophical and methodological aspects of passive optical remote sensing as they relate to studying global environmental change INDICE: Prologue.- Acknowledgments.- Part I: The Earth Observing System and the Evolution of ASTER and MODIS.- Part II: ASTER and MODIS: Instrument Design, Radiometry and Geometry.- Part III: ASTER and MODIS: Data Systems.- Part IV: ASTER Science and Applications.- Part V: MODIS Science and Applications.- Part VI: The Future of Land Remote Sensing.- Index.

• ISBN: 978-1-4419-6748-0
• Editorial: Springer
• Encuadernacion: Cartoné
• Páginas: 750
• Fecha Publicación: 29/09/2010
• Nº Volúmenes: 1
• Idioma: Inglés