Remote Sensing Imagery for Natural Resource Monitoring - Softcover

Wilkie, David; Finn, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 023107929X ISBN 13: 9780231079297

Publisher: Columbia University Press, 1996

Synopsis

A practical introduction to the use of remote sensing data, this book focuses on the benefits, limitations, and pitfalls involved in the use of this important new tool, employing case studies to clearly demonstrate both principles and practice. This indispensable guidebook includes almost one hundred maps, satellite and aerial photographs, and computer graphics to illustrate the products of remote sensing, as well as a comprehensive glossary of terms and a bibliography with suggestions for further reading.

About this title

Book Description:

Includes almost one hundred maps, satellite and aerial photographs, and computer graphics to illustrate the products of remote sensing. An indispensable guidebook for ecologists, conservation biologists, and resource managers.

About the Author:

David S. Wilke is on the faculty UNEP Program at Tufts University's Center for Environmental Management.

John T. Finn is professor of systems ecology in the wildlife and fisheries program of the department of forestry and wildlife management at the University of Massachusetts, Amherst.

About this edition

• Publisher: Columbia University Press
• Publication date: 1996
• ISBN 10: 023107929X
• ISBN 13: 9780231079297
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 295