Weng Scale Issues in Remote Sensing

1. Auflage 2014
ISBN: 978-1-118-80155-0
Verlag: John Wiley & Sons
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 352 Seiten, E-Book

Provides up-to-date developments in the field of remote sensing by assessing scale issues in land surface, properties, patterns, and processes
Scale is a fundamental and crucial issue in remote sensing studies and image analysis. GIS and remote sensing scientists use various scaling techniques depending on the types of remotely sensed images and geospatial data used. Scaling techniques affect image analysis such as object identification and change detection.
This book offers up-to-date developments, methods, and techniques in the field of GIS and remote sensing and features articles from internationally renowned authorities on three interrelated perspectives of scaling issues: scale in land surface properties, land surface patterns, and land surface processes. It also visits and reexamines the fundamental theories of scale and scaling by well-known experts who have done substantial research on the topics.
Edited by a prominent authority in the geographic information science community, Scale Issues in Remote Sensing:
* Offers an extensive examination of the fundamental theories of scale issues along with current scaling techniques
* Studies scale issues from three interrelated perspectives: land surface properties, patterns, and processes
* Addresses the impact of new frontiers in Earth observation technology (high-resolution, hyperspectral, Lidar sensing, and their synergy with existing technologies) and advances in remote sensing imaging science (object-oriented image analysis and data fusion)
* Prospects emerging and future trends in remote sensing and their relationship with scale
Scale Issues in Remote Sensing is ideal as a professional reference for practicing geographic information scientists and remote sensing engineers as well as supplemental reading for graduate level students.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Weng, Qihao

Inhaltsverzeichnis

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS ix
CONTRIBUTORS xi
AUTHOR BIOGRAPHY xv
INTRODUCTION 1
1 Characterizing, Measuring, Analyzing, and Modeling Scale inRemote Sensing: An Overview 3
Qihao Weng
PART I SCALE, MEASUREMENT, MODELING, AND ANALYSIS 11
2 Scale Issues in Multisensor Image Fusion 13
Manfred Ehlers and Sascha Klonus
3 Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing for Analysis of LandscapeEcological Processes: Current Insights and Trends 34
Dale A. Quattrochi and Jeffrey C. Luvall
4 On the Issue of Scale in Urban Remote Sensing 61
Qihao Weng
PART II SCALE IN REMOTE SENSING OF PLANTS AND ECOSYSTEMS79
5 Change Detection Using Vegetation Indices and MultiplatformSatellite Imagery at Multiple Temporal and Spatial Scales 81
Edward P. Glenn, Pamela L. Nagler, and Alfredo R. Huete
6 Upscaling with Conditional Cosimulation for MappingAbove-Ground Forest Carbon 108
Guangxing Wang and Maozhen Zhang
7 Estimating Grassland Chlorophyll Content from Leaf toLandscape Level: Bridging the Gap in Spatial Scales 126
Yuhong He
PART III SCALE AND LAND SURFACE PROCESSES 139
8 Visualizing Scale-Domain Manifolds: A MultiscaleGeo-Object-Based Approach 141
Geoffrey J. Hay
9 Multiscale Segmentation and Classification of Remote SensingImagery with Advanced Edge and Scale-Space Features 170
Angelos Tzotsos, Konstantinos Karantzalos, and DemetreArgialas
10 Optimum Scale in Object-Based Image Analysis 197
Jungho Im, Lindi J. Quackenbush, Manqi Li, and Fang Fang
PART IV SCALE AND LAND SURFACE PATTERNS 215
11 Scaling Issues in Studying the Relationship Between LandscapePattern and Land Surface Temperature 217
Hua Liu and Qihao Weng
12 Multiscale Fractal Characteristics of Urban Landscape inIndianapolis, USA 230
Bingqing Liang and Qihao Weng
13 Spatiotemporal Scales of Remote Sensing Precipitation253
Yang Hong and Yu Zhang
PART V NEW FRONTIERS IN EARTH OBSERVATION TECHNOLOGY265
14 Multiscale Approach for Ground Filtering from Lidar AltimetryMeasurements 267
JoseeL. Silvan-Cárdenas and Le Wang
15 Hyperspectral Remote Sensing with Emphasis on Land CoverMapping: From Ground to Satellite Observations 285
George P. Petropoulos, Kiril Manevski, and Toby N.Carlson
INDEX 321

Über Autor(innen)

QIHAO WENG, PHD, is a Professor and Director from IndianaState University; an Associate Editor of ISPRS Journal ofPhotogrammetry and Remote Sensing; the series editor for bothTaylor & Francis Series in Remote Sensing Applications andMcGraw-Hill Series in GIS&T; and has published more than 150refereed journal articles and book chapters. He is the Coordinatorfor GEO Global Urban Observation & Information Task (2012-2015)and was a National Director of American Society for Photogrammetryand Remote Sensing. Dr. Weng was awarded a senior fellowship fromNASA in 2008 and an Outstanding Contributions Award in RemoteSensing from American Association of Geographers in 2011.