Applications of remote sensing in agriculture /
Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture contains the proceedings of the 48th Easter School in Agricultural Science, held at the University of Nottingham on April 3-7, 1989. The meeting invites 146 delegates from over 22 countries and contributions to this book come from nine countries. This bo...
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| Language: | English |
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London ; Boston :
Butterworths,
1990.
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Table of Contents:
- Front Cover; Applications of Remote Sensing in Agriculture; Copyright Page; PREFACE; ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS; Table of Contents; PART I: PRINCIPLES; CHAPTER 1. SENSORS, PLATFORMS AND APPLICATIONS; ACQUIRING AND MANAGING REMOTELY SENSED DATA; Introduction; Some general features of agricultural applications; Trends in technological development; Information needs for agricultural applications; The need for all-weather systems; The inescapable place of sampling: the agricultural case; Applications at various scales; Earth observation and holistic information systems
- the future.
- Geographical information systems at the local and national scalesFuture systems; References; CHAPTER 2. OPTICAL PROPERTIES OF VEGETATION CANOPIES; Introduction; Optical properties of the components of a vegetation canopy; Reflectance spectra of plant canopies; Effects of external factors on the reflectance of plant canopies; Influence of internal factors; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 3. FACTORS AFFECTING THE RADIATIVE TEMPERATURE OF A VEGETATIVE CANOPY; Introduction; External environmental factors; Plant factors; Other factors; Conclusions; References; PART II. CLIMATE AND SOIL.
- CHAPTER 4. DISCRIMINATION AND MONITORING OF SOILSIntroduction; Remote sensing and soil mapping; Soil map scale and remote sensing; Photo/image type for interpretive studies; Digital analysis of images for discriminating soils; Remote sensing for recording the interactions of crop growth with soils and weather; Remote sensing of soil moisture; Remote sensing and soil degradation; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 5. ESTIMATION OF RAINFALL USING GEOSTATIONARY SATELLITE DATA; Introduction; Rainfall estimates from cold cloud statistics; Calibration and validation; Selected results.
- Utility of estimatesConclusions; Acknowledgements; References; CHAPTER 6. APPLICATION OF REMOTE SENSING AND GEOGRAPHICAL INFORMATION SYSTEMS IN WATER MANAGEMENT; Introduction; Two methods to determine actual crop transpiration; Integration of remotely sensed imagery and SWATRE simulations in a geographical information system; Experience with transpiration mapping from remotely sensed imagery in agricultural water management; Conclusions and discussion; References; PART III: LAND CLASSIFICATION AND CROP INVENTORIES; CHAPTER 7. THEORETICAL PROBLEMS IN IMAGE CLASSIFICATION; Introduction.
- Image classification: The per-pixel approachDifficulties with the per-pixel approach; Conclusions; References; CHAPTER 8. ESTIMATING PRODUCTION OF WINTER WHEAT BY REMOTE SENSING AND UNIFIED GROUND NETWORK. I. SYSTEM VERIFICATION; Introduction; Results; System for collecting, transferring and storing crop information; Estimation of growing area of winter wheat; Estimation of yield and total output; Dynamic monitoring of crop growth and development; Support research techniques and methods; Conclusion; Acknowledgement; References.