ABSTRACT

Filling the need for a comprehensive book that covers both theory and application, Remote Sensing of Land Use and Land Cover: Principles and Applications provides a synopsis of how remote sensing can be used for land-cover characterization, mapping, and monitoring from the local to the global scale. With contributions by leading scientists from aro

chapter 2|12 pages

History of Land-Cover Mapping

chapter 5|16 pages

Revisiting Land-Cover Mapping Concepts

chapter 8|14 pages

Preprocessing: Need for Sensor Calibration

chapter 11|24 pages

Land-Cover Change Detection

chapter 18|10 pages

Land-Cover Mapping in Tropical Asia

chapter 20|22 pages

North American Land-Change Monitoring System