Remote sensing imagery / edited by Florence Tupin, Jordi Inglada, Jean-Marie Nicolas.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Tupin, Florence.

Inglada, Jordi

Nicolas, Jean-Marie, 1954-

EBSCOhost.

Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Series:

Digital signal and image processing series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Remote sensing.

Image processing.

Geomorphology.

Physical geology.

Geographical perception.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xiv, 351 pages).

Place of Publication:

London : ISTE ; Hoboken, NJ : Wiley, 2014.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Cover; Title Page; Contents; Preface; PART 1. SYSTEMS, SENSORS AND ACQUISITIONS; Chapter 1. Systems and Constraints; 1.1. Satellite systems; 1.2. Kepler's and Newton's laws; 1.3. The quasi-circular orbits of remote sensing satellites; 1.3.1. The orbit in the terrestrial referential: the recurrence cycle; 1.3.2. The effects of the Earth's flattening: the precession of the orbits; 1.3.3. Heliosynchronous orbits; 1.3.4. Tracking the orbits; 1.3.5. Usual orbits for remote sensing satellite; 1.4. Image acquisition and sensors; 1.4.1. Perspective ray in optical imagery for a vertical viewing

1.4.2. Perspective ray in radar imaging1.4.3. Resolution and footprint; 1.4.4. The swath in satellite imagery; 1.4.5. Images and motion; 1.5. Spectral resolution; 1.5.1. Introduction; 1.5.2. Technological constraints; 1.5.3. Calibration and corrections; 1.5.4. Image transmission; Chapter 2. Image Geometry and Registration; 2.1. The digital image and its sampling; 2.1.1. Swath sampling; 2.1.2. The pixels in optical imagery and in radar imagery; 2.2. Sensor agility and incidence angle; 2.2.1. Agility of optical sensors; 2.2.2. Agility of radar sensors

2.2.3. The effects of the incidence variation on the ground cell size2.2.4. The consequences of agility; 2.3. Georeferencing of remote sensing images; 2.3.1. From an image to an orthoimage; 2.3.2. The metaparameters of VHR optical images; 2.3.3. The levels of the images; 2.3.4. SAR image specificities; 2.4. Image registration; 2.4.1. The need for image registration; 2.4.2. Modeling the problem; 2.5. Conclusion; Chapter 3. The Physics of Optical Remote Sensing; 3.1. Radiometry; 3.1.1. Radiant energy, spectral energy, spectral sensitivity and equivalent energy; 3.1.2. The flux

3.1.3. The irradiance3.1.4. The radiance; 3.1.5. Temperature and emissivity; 3.1.6. Reflectance and albedo; 3.1.7. Example of the use of photometric quantities; 3.2. Geometric etendue, sensitivity of an instrument; 3.2.1. Axis sensor; 3.2.2. Scanners; 3.2.3. Pushbrooms; 3.3. Atmospheric effects; 3.3.1. Absorption; 3.3.2. Scattering; 3.3.3. Radiative transfer in the atmosphere; 3.3.4. Magnitude orders of the atmospheric effects; 3.4. Spectral properties of the surfaces; 3.5. Directional properties of the surfaces

3.6. Practical aspects: products, atmospheric corrections, directional corrections3.6.1. Absorption correction; 3.6.2. Scattering correction; 3.6.3. Examples of atmospheric correction results; Chapter 4. The Physics of Radar Measurement; 4.1. Propagation and polarization of electromagnetic waves; 4.1.1. Propagation of electromagnetic waves; 4.1.2. Polarization of the electromagnetic waves; 4.1.3. Partially polarized waves; 4.1.4. The group of Pauli matrices and the Stokes parameters; 4.2. Radar signatures; 4.2.1. RCS of a point target

Notes:

Electronic reproduction. Ipswich, MA Available via World Wide Web.

Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on April 21, 2014).

Local Notes:

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rudolph G. Schmieder Fund.

Other Format:

Print version: Tupin , Florence Remote Sensing Imagery

ISBN:

9781118899106

1118899105

9781118898963

1118898966

Publisher Number:

99958393081

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Restricted for use by site license.