This Handbook will fill an important niche in helping those in the remote sensing field stay current in this rapidly changing field.

′A magnificent achievement. A who′s who of contemporary remote sensing have produced an engaging, wide-ranging and scholarly review of the field in just one volume′ - Professor Paul Curran, Vice-Chancellor, Bournemouth University

Remote Sensing acquires and interprets small or large-scale data about the Earth from a distance. Using a wide range of spatial, spectral, temporal, and radiometric scales Remote Sensing is a large and diverse field for which this Handbook will be the key research reference.

Organized in four key sections:

• Interactions of Electromagnetic Radiation with the Terrestrial Environment: chapters on Visible, Near-IR and Shortwave IR; Middle IR (3-5 micrometers); Thermal IR ; Microwave

• Digital sensors and Image Characteristics: chapters on Sensor Technology; Coarse Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors ; Medium Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors; Fine Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors; Video Imaging and Multispectral Digital Photography; Hyperspectral Sensors; Radar and Passive Microwave Sensors; Lidar

• Remote Sensing Analysis - Design and Implementation: chapters on Image Pre-Processing; Ground Data Collection; Integration with GIS; Quantitative Models in Remote Sensing; Validation and accuracy assessment;

• Remote Sensing Analysis - Applications: LITHOSPHERIC SCIENCES: chapters on Topography; Geology; Soils; PLANT SCIENCES: Vegetation; Agriculture; HYDROSPHERIC and CRYSOPHERIC SCIENCES: Hydrosphere: Fresh and Ocean Water; Cryosphere; GLOBAL CHANGE AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS: Earth Systems; Human Environments & Links to the Social Sciences; Real Time Monitoring Systems and Disaster Management; Land Cover Change

Illustrated throughout, an essential resource for the analysis of remotely sensed data, the SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing provides researchers with a definitive statement of the core concepts and methodologies in the discipline.

Remote Sensing Data Selection Issues - Timothy A. Warner, Duane Nellis, and Giles M. Foody
PART ONE: INTRODUCTION
Remote Sensing Data Selection Issues - Timothy A. Warner, Duane Nellis, and Giles M. Foody
Remote Sensing Policy - Ray Harris
PART TWO: ELECTROMAGNETIC RADIATION & THE TERRESTRIAL ENVIRONMENT
Visible, Near-IR & Shortwave IR Spectral Characteristics of Terrestrial Surfaces - Willem van Leeuwen
Interactions of Middle Infrared (3-5µm) Radiation with the Environment - Arthur Cracknell and D. S. Boyd
Thermal Remote Sensing in Earth Science Research - Dale Quattrochi and Jeffrey C. Luvall
Polarimetric SAR Phenomenology and Inversion Techniques for Vegetated Terrain - Mahta Moghaddam
PART THREE: DIGITAL SENSORS AND IMAGE CHARACTERISTICS
Optical Sensor Technology - John Kerekes
Fine spatial resolution optical sensors - Thierry Toutin
Moderate Spatial Resolution Optical Sensors - Samuel N. Goward, Terry Arvidson, Darrel L. Williams, Richard Irish and Jim Irons
Coarse Resolution Optical Sensors - Chris Justice and Compton Tucker
Airborne Digital Multispectral Imaging - Doug Stow, Lloyd L. Coulter and Cody A. Benkelman
PART FOUR: REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS: DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION
Imaging Spectrometers - Michael Schaepma
Active and Passive Microwave Systems - Josef Kellndorfer and Kyle McDonald
Airborne Laser Scanning - Juha Hyyppä, W. Wagner, M. Hollaus and H. Hyyppä
Radiometry and reflectance: From terminology concepts to measured quantities - Gabriela Schaepman-Strub, Michael E. Schaepman, John V. Martonchik, Thomas H. Painter and Stefan Dangel
Pre-Processing of Optical Imagery - Freek van der Meer and Harald van der Werff and Steven de Jong
Surface Reference Data Collection - Chris Johannsen and Craig S. T. Daughtry
Integrating Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems - James Merchant and Sunil Narumalani
Image Classification - John Jensen, Jungho Im, Perry Hardin, Ryan R. Jensen
Quantitative Models and Inversion in Optical Remote Sensing - Shunlin Liang
Accuracy Assessment - Steve Stehman, Giles Foody
PART FIVE: REMOTE SENSING ANALYSIS: APPLICATIONS
A. LITHOSPHERIC SCIENCES
Making Sense of the Third Dimension Through Topographic Analysis - Yongxin Deng
Remote Sensing of Geology - Xianfeng Chen and David Campagna
Remote Sensing of Soils - Jim Campbell
B. PLANT SCIENCES
Remote sensing for studies of vegetation condition: Theory and application - Mike Wulder, Joanne C. White, Nicholas C. Coops and Stephanie Ortlepp
Remote Sensing of Cropland Agriculture - M. Duane Nellis, Kevin Price and Don Rundquist
C. HYDROSPHERIC & CRYSOPHERIC SCIENCES
Optical Remote Sensing of the Hydrosphere: From the open ocean to inland waters - Samantha Lavender
Remote Sensing of the Cryosphere - Jeff Dozier
D. GLOBAL CHANGE AND HUMAN ENVIRONMENTS
Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Biogeochemical Modeling - Greg Asner and Scott V. Ollinger
Remote Sensing of Urban Areas - Janet Nichol
Remote sensing and the social sciences - Kelley Crews and Stephen J. Walsh
Hazard Assessment and Disaster Management using Remote Sensing - Richard Teeuw, Paul Aplin, Nick McWilliam, Toby Wicks, Matthieu Kervyn and Gerald Ernst
Remote Sensing of Land Cover Change - Timothy A. Warner, Abdullah Almutairi and Jong Yeol Lee
PART SIX:. CONCLUSIONS
Remote Sensing: A Look to the Future - Giles M. Foody, Timothy A. Warner and M. Duane Nellis