Remote Sensing Handbook - Three Volume Set
Remote Sensing Handbook Series

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series,Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing.

In true handbook style, this volume demonstrates in-depth, extensive and comprehensive coverage of Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies. The book provides fundamental as well as practical knowledge of remote sensing of myriad topics pertaining to water resources, disasters, and urban areas such as hydrology, water resources, water use, water productivity, floods, wetlands, snow and ice, nightlights, geomorphology, droughts and drylands, disasters, volcanoes, fire, and smart cities.

Highlights include:

• Hydrological studies, groundwater studies, flood studies, and crop water use and water productivity studies
• Wetland modeling, mapping, and characterization
• Snow and ice studies
• Drought and dryland monitoring and mapping methods
• Volcanoes, coal fires, and greenhouse gas emissions
• Urban remote sensing for disaster risk management
• Remote sensing for the design of smart cities

Considered magnum opus on the subject the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook is edited by Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, an internationally acclaimed scientist in remote sensing, GIScience, and spatial sciences. The volume has contributions from pioneering remote sensing global experts on specific topics. The volume gives you a knowledge base on each of the above mentioned topics, a deep understanding the evolution remote sensing science, and familiarity with state-of-the-art of technology as well as a future vision for the field.

Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies One of the three Volumes in Remote Sensing Handbook

SATELLITES AND SENSORS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS
Remote Sensing Systems—Platforms and Sensors: Aerial, Satellite, UAV, Optical, Radar, and LiDAR
Sudhanshu S. Panda, Mahesh N. Rao, Prasad S. Thenkabail, and James E. Fitzerald

FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING: EVOLUTION, STATE OF THE ART, AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES
Fundamentals of Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications: Evolution, Current State of the Art, and Future Possibilities
Natascha Oppelt, Rolf Scheiber, Peter Gege, Martin Wegmann, Hannes Taubenboeck, and Michael Berger

DATA NORMALIZATION, HARMONIZATION, AND INTERSENSOR CALIBRATION
Overview of Satellite Image Radiometry in the Solar-Reflective Optical Domain
Philippe M. Teillet

Postlaunch Radiometric Calibration of Satellite-Based Optical Sensors with Emphasis on Terrestrial Reference Standard Sites
Philippe M. Teillet and Gyanesh Chander

Remote Sensing Data Normalization
Rudiger Gens and Jordi Cristóbal Rosselló

Satellite Data Degradations and Their Impacts on High-Level Products
Dongdong Wang

VEGETATION INDEX STANDARDIZATION AND CROSS-CALIBRATION OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS
Inter- and Intrasensor Spectral Compatibility and Calibration of the Enhanced Vegetation Indices
Tomoaki Miura, Kenta Obata, Javzandulam T. Azuma, Alfredo Huete, and Hiroki Yoshioka

Toward Standardization of Vegetation Indices
Michael D. Steven, Timothy J. Malthus, and Frédéric Baret

IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPROACHES
Digital Image Proceßing: A Review of the Fundamental Methods and Techniques
Sunil Narumalani and Paul Merani

Urban Image Classification: Per-Pixel Claßifiers, Subpixel Analysis, Object-Based Image Analysis, and Geospatial Methods
Soe W. Myint, Victor Mesev, Dale A. Quattrochi, and Elizabeth A. Wentz

Image Classification Methods in Land Cover and Land Use
Mutlu Ozdogan

Hyperspectral Image Processing: Methods and Approaches
Jun Li and Antonio Plaza

Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Principles and Theoretical Background
Claudia Kuenzer, Jianzhong Zhang, and Stefan Dech

Object-Based Image Analysis: Evolution, History, State of the Art, and Future Vision
Thomas Blaschke, Maggi Kelly, and Helena Merschdorf

Geospatial Data Integration in OBIA: Implications of Accuracy and Validity
Stefan Lang and Dirk Tiede

Image Segmentation Algorithms for Land Categorization
James C. Tilton, Selim Aksoy, and Yuliya Tarabalka

LiDAR Data Processing and Applications
Shih-Hong Chio, Tzu-Yi Chuang, Pai-Hui Hsu, Jen-Jer Jaw, Shih-Yuan Lin, Yu-Ching Lin, Tee-Ann Teo, Fuan Tsai, Yi-Hsing Tseng, Cheng-Kai Wang, Chi-Kuei Wang, Miao Wang, and Ming-Der Yang

CHANGE DETECTION
Change Detection Techniques Using Multisensor Data
Daniela Anjos, Dengsheng Lu, Luciano Dutra, and Sidnei Sant’Anna

INTEGRATING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND REMOTE SENSING IN SPATIAL MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION SUPPORT
Geoproceßing, Workflows, and Provenance
Jason A. Tullis, Jackson D. Cothren, David P. Lanter, Xuan Shi, W. Fredrick Limp, Rachel F. Linck, Sean G. Young, and Tareefa S. Alsumaiti

Toward Democratization of Geographic Information: GIS, Remote Sensing, and GNß Applications in Everyday Life
Gaurav Sinha, Barry J. Kronenfeld, and Jeffrey C. Brunskill

Frontiers of GIScience: Evolution, State of the Art, and Future Pathways
May Yuan

Object-Based Regionalization for Policy-Oriented Partitioning of Space
Stefan Lang, Stefan Kienberger, Michael Hagenlocher, and Lena Pernkopf

GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS;) REMOTE SENSING
Global Navigation Satellite Systems Theory and Practice: Evolution, State of the Art, and Future Pathways
Mohinder S. Grewal

Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry for Ocean and Land Applications
Kegen Yu, Chris Rizos, and Andrew Dempster

Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Wide Array of Terrestrial Applications
Myszor, O. Antemijczuk, M. Grygierek, M. Wierzchanowski, and K.A. Cyran

CROWDSOURCING AND REMOTE SENSING DATA
Crowdsourcing and Remote Sensing: Combining Two Views of Planet Earth
Fabio Dellâ’Acqua

CLOUD COMPUTING AND REMOTE SENSING
Proceßing Remote-Sensing Data in Cloud Computing Environments
Ramanathan Sugumaran, James W. Hegeman, Vivek B. Sardeshmukh, and Marc P. Armstrong

GOOGLE EARTH FOR REMOTE SENSING
Google Earth for Remote Sensing
John E. Bailey
ACCURACIES, ERRORS, AND UNCERTAINTIES OF REMOTE SENSING-DERIVED PRODUCTS
Assessing Positional and Thematic Accuracies of Maps Generated from Remotely Sensed Data
Russell G. Congalton

SPACE LAW AND REMOTE SENSING
Remote Sensing Law: An Overview of Its Development and Its Trajectory in the Global Context
P.J. Blount

SUMMARY
Remote Sensing Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies: Advances of the Last 50 Years and a Vision for the Future
Prasad S. Thenkabail

Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing One of the three Volumes in Remote Sensing Handbook

VEGETATION AND BIOMASS
Monitoring Photosynthesis from Space
Alfredo Huete, Guillermo Ponce-Campos, Yongguang Zhang, Natalia Restrepo-Coupe, Xuanlong Ma, and Mary Susan Moran

Canopy Biophysical Variables Retrieval from the Inversion of Reflectance Models
Frédéric Baret

Aboveground Terrestrial Biomass and Carbon Stock Estimations from Multisensor Remote Sensing
Wenge Ni-Meister

AGRICULTURAL CROPLANDS
Agriculture
Clement Atzberger, Francesco Vuolo, Anja Klisch, Felix Rembold, Michele Meroni, Marcio Pupin Mello, and Antonio Formaggio

Agricultural Systems Studies Using Remote Sensing
Agnès Bégué, Damien Arvor, Camille Lelong, Elodie Vintrou, and Margareth Simoes

Global Food Security Support Analysis Data at Nominal 1 km (GFSAD1km) Derived from Remote Sensing in Support of Food Security in the Twenty-First Century: Current Achievements and Future Possibilities
Pardhasaradhi Teluguntla, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Jun Xiong, Murali Krishna Gumma, Chandra Giri, Cristina Milesi, Mutlu Ozdogan, Russell G. Congalton, James Tilton, Temuulen Tsagaan Sankey, Richard Massey, Aparna Phalke, and Kamini Yadav

Precision Farming
David J. Mulla and Yuxin Miao

Remote Sensing of Tillage Status
Baojuan Zheng, James B. Campbell, Guy Serbin, Craig S.T. Daughtry, Heather McNairn, and Anna Pacheco

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications
Prasad S. Thenkabail, Pardhasaradhi Teluguntla, Murali Krishna Gumma, and Venkateswarlu Dheeravath

RANGELANDS
Global View of Remote Sensing of Rangelands: Evolution, Applications, Future Pathways
Matthew C. Reeves, Robert A. Washington-Allen, Jay Angerer, E. Raymond Hunt, Jr., Ranjani Wasantha Kulawardhana, Lalit Kumar, Tatiana Loboda, Thomas Loveland, Graciela Metternicht, and R. Douglas Ramsey

Remote Sensing of Rangeland Biodiversity
E. Raymond Hunt, Jr., Cuizhen Wang, D. Terrance Booth, Samuel E. Cox, Lalit Kumar, and Matthew C. Reeves

Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring of Rangelands: Methods and Approaches
Lalit Kumar, Priyakant Sinha, Jesslyn F. Brown, R. Douglas Ramsey, Matthew Rigge, Carson A. Stam, Alexander J. Hernandez, E. Raymond Hunt, Jr., and Matthew C. Reeves

PHENOLOGY AND FOOD SECURITY
Global Land Surface Phenology and Implications for Food Security
Molly E Brown, Kirsten M. de Beurs, and Kathryn Grace

FORESTS
Characterizing Tropical Forests with Multispectral Imagery
E.H. Helmer, Nicholas R. Goodwin, Valéry Gond, Carlos M. Souza, Jr., and Gregory P. Asner

Remote Sensing of Forests from Lidar and Radar
Juha Hyyppä, Mika Karjalainen, Xinlian Liang, Anttoni Jaakkola, Xiaowei Yu, Mike Wulder, Markus Hollaus, Joanne C. White, Mikko Vastaranta, Kirsi Karila, Harri Kaartinen, Matti Vaaja, Ville Kankare, Antero Kukko, Markus Holopainen, Hannu Hyyppä, and Masato Katoh

Forest Biophysical and Biochemical Properties from Hyperspectral and LiDAR Remote Sensing
Gregory P. Asner, Susan L. Ustin, Philip A. Townsend, Roberta E. Martin, and K. Dana Chadwick

Optical Remote Sensing of Tree and Stand Heights
Sylvie Durrieu, Cédric Véga, Marc Bouvier, Frédéric Gosselin, Jean-Pierre Renaud and Laurent Saint-André

BIODIVERSITY
Biodiversity of the World: A Study from Space
Thomas W. Gillespie, Andrew Fricker, Chelsea Robinson, and Duccio Rocchini

Multiscale Habitat Mapping and Monitoring Using Satellite Data and Advanced Image Analysis Techniques
Stefan Lang, Christina Corbane, Palma Blonda, Kyle Pipkins, and Michael Förster

ECOLOGY
Ecological Characterization of Vegetation Using Multisensor Remote Sensing in the Solar Reflective Spectrum
Conghe Song, Jing Ming Chen, Taehee Hwang, Alemu Gonsamo, Holly Croft, Quanfa Zhang, Matthew Dannenberg, Yulong Zhang, Christopher Hakkenberg, and Juxiang Li

LAND USE/LAND COVER
Land Cover Change Detection
John Rogan and Nathan Mietkiewicz

Land Use and Land Cover Mapping and Change Detection and Monitoring Using Radar Remote Sensing
Zhixin Qi, Anthony Gar-On Yeh, and Xia Li

CARBON
Global Carbon Budgets and the Role of Remote Sensing
Richard A. Houghton

SOILS
Spectral Sensing from Ground to Space in Soil Science: State of the Art, Applications, Potential, and Perspectives
José A. M. Demattê, Cristine L. S. Morgan, Sabine Chabrillat, Rodnei Rizzo, Marston H. D. Franceschini, Fabrício da S. Terra, Gustavo M. Vasques, and Johanna Wetterlind

Remote Sensing of Soil in the Optical Domains
E. Ben-Dor and José A.M. Demattê

SUMMARY
Remote Sensing of Land Resources: Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping Advances over the Last 50 Years and a Vision for the Future
Prasad S. Thenkabail

HYDROLOGY AND WATER RESOURCES
Remote Sensing Technologies for Multiscale Hydrological Studies: Advances and Perspectives
Sadiq I. Khan, Ni-Bin Chang, Yang Hong, Xianwu Xue, and Yu Zhang

Groundwater Targeting Using Remote Sensing
Santhosh Kumar Seelan

WATER USE AND WATER PRODUCTIVITY
Remote Sensing of Actual Evapotranspiration from Croplands
Trent W. Biggs, George P. Petropoulos, Naga Manohar Velpuri, Michael Marshall, Edward P. Glenn, Pamela Nagler, and Alex Meßina

Water Productivity Studies from Earth Observation Data: Characterization, Modeling, and Mapping Water Use and Water Productivity
Antônio de C. Teixeira, Fernando B. T. Hernandez, Morris Scherer-Warren, Ricardo G. Andrade, Janice F. Leivas, Daniel C. Victoria, Edson L. Bolfe, Prasad S. Thenkabail, and Renato A.M. Franco

FLOODS
Flood Monitoring Using the Integration of Remote Sensing and Complementary Techniques
Allan S. Arnesen, Frederico T. Genofre, Marcelo P. Curtarelli, and Matheus Z. Francisco

Flood Studies Using Synthetic Aperture Radar Data
Sandro Martinis, Claudia Kuenzer, and André Twele

WETLANDS
Remote Sensing of Mangrove Wetlands
Chandra Giri

Wetland Mapping Methods and Techniques Using Multisensor, Multiresolution Remote Sensing: Successes and Challenges
R. Mishra, Shuvankar Ghosh, C. Hladik, Jessica L. O’Connell, and H.J. Cho

Inland Valley Wetland Cultivation and Preservation for Africa’s Green and Blue Revolution Using Multi-Sensor Remote Sensing
Murali Krishna Gumma, Prasad S. Thenkabail, Irshad A. Mohammed, Pardhasaradhi Teluguntla, and Venkateswarlu Dheeravath

SNOW AND ICE
Remote Sensing Mapping and Modeling of Snow Cover Parameters and Applications
Hongjie Xie, Tiangang Liang, Xianwei Wang, and Guoqing Zhang

NIGHTLIGHTS
Nighttime Light Remote Sensing: Monitoring Human Societies from Outer Space
Qingling Zhang, Noam Levin, Christos Chalkias, and Husi Letu

GEOMORPHOLOGY
Geomorphological Studies from Remote Sensing
James B. Campbell and Lynn M. Resler

Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail is a well known global expert in remote sensing and spatial sciences. Currently, works as a Research Geographer-15 with the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). Dr. Thenkabail has conducted pioneering scientific research work in two major areas: Hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation; Global Irrigated and Rainfed Cropland Mapping. His research papers have won three American Society of Photogrammetric Engineering and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) awards: (a) 2015 ERDAS award for best scientific paper (second author), (a) 2008 ASPRS President’s award (first author), (b) 1994 Autometric Award (first author). He is the Editor-in- Chief of seminal books (Publisher: Taylor and Francis Inc.): (a) three volume (including this), 82 Chapter, Remote Sensing Handbook (November 2015), (b) Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation (2012), and (c) Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security (2009). He is the Editor-in-Chief of Remote Sensing Open Access Journal and is on the editorial board of Remote Sensing of Environment, and ISPRS Journal of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing. Prasad has work experience in 25+ Countries including working in key remote sensing research\leadership positions @ the International Water Management Institute (IWMI), International Institute of Tropical Agriculture (IITA), Yale Center for Earth Observation (YCEO), and the Indian National Remote Sensing Agency. He was selected by NASA and USGS as a member of Landsat Science Team Member (2007-20011), and was a scientific advisory board member of Rapideye (2001).

John G. Lyon has conducted scientific and engineering research and administrative functions throughout his career. He is formerly the senior physical scientist in the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency’s Office of Research and Development (ORD) and Office of the Science Advisor in Washington, DC, where he co-led work on the Group on Earth Observations and the USGEO subcommittee of