RST Notices
Dedication and Foreword
Overview of Remote Sensing
Introduction: Theoretical, and Technical Perspectives of Remote Sensing; Special Applications
Principles of Remote Sensing: The Photon and Radiometric Parameters / Optional Reading: The Quantum Physics underlying Remote Sensing; Use of Spectroscopy in Determining Quantum Levels / Transmittance, Absorptance, and Reflectance / The Electromagnetic Spectrum: Distribution of Radiant Energies / Spectral Signatures
Sensor Technology; Types of Resolution
History of Remote Sensing; Remote Sensing Systems:
In the Beginning; Launch Vehicles / Table: History of Remote Sensing into the 1970s/ Multispectral Images / Film as a Recording Medium / Color & False Color Composites / Apollo 9 Multispectral Images / Earth Resources Technology Satellite (ERTS-1) / Multi-Spectral Scanner (MSS) / A Landsat Image / MSS Histograms / Table: Best MSS Bands for Identifying Surface Features / Thematic Mapper (TM) / Examples of TM Imagery / Other Remote Sensing Systems: MOMS and SPOT / Envisat, IRS-1, JERS, RESURS, OKEAN, CBERS, and MicroSat (AlSat-1) Series / Hyperspectral Imaging / Radar and Thermal Systems / Meteorological, Oceanographic, and Earth Systems Satellites / The Systems (Multisource) Approach to Remote Sensing
/ Humans in Space: Long Term Mobile and Fixed Stations (Salut; Soyuz; Skylab; Apollo-Soyuz; Space Shuttle (STS); MIR; International Space Station / Military Intelligence Satellites / The Commercialization of Space / Geophysical Remote Sensing: External Fields; Magnetics / Geophysical Remote Sensing: Gravity / Geophysical Remote Sensing: Crustal Dynamics; Seismology / Medical Applications of Remote Sensing
Maps and Attributes / Data Elements and Models / GIS Defined / A GIS Case Study in Africa / Decision Making; Suitability Determination / Conducting a GIS Analysis / The PP&L Siting Problem / A GIS/Remote Sensing Case Study in Archaeology: Burgundy, France / \Using GIS to Study a Rare Flower Habitat on Block Island, Rhode Island
Distribution of Craters / Cratering Mechanics / Shock Metamorphism / Crater Morphology; Major Impact Structures / Remote Sensing of Craters
Preface (including a review of Relativity and Quantum Physics) / Origin and Early Development of the Universe; Big Bang Eras; Expansion of Space / The Hubble Space Telescope; Birth, Life, and Death of Stars / The Genesis Mission Galaxies / Images of Galaxies and Stars outside the Visible Light Range. / Special Features of Galaxies: Colliding Galaxies; Galactic Gases; Starbursts and Active Galactic Nucleus / Novae and Supernovae; Pulsars, Quasars, and Black Holes; Gamma Ray Bursts; and Colliding Stars / Spectral Analysis of Star Composition; Element Synthesis in Stars / Space-Time and Expansion / Evidence for the Big Bang; the Redshift; Galactic Distances; Age of the Universe; Cosmic Background Radiation; Expansion Models; Dark Matter and Energy / Recent Innovations about the Concept of "Universe": Dark Energy and an Accelerating Universe?; Varieties of Universes (Multiverses); Philosophical Implications / Origin of Planetary Systems / Origin and Nature of Life on Planetary Bodies
The 1970's
Introduction / American Space Policy / American Civilian Space Program (NASA) / American Military Space Program: Initial Military Operations / Russian Space Program / European, Asian, and Commercial Space ProgramsThe 1980's
Introduction / American Space Policy / American Civilian Space Program (NASA) / American Military Space Program: Initial Military Operations / Russian Space Program / European, Asian, and Commercial Space ProgramsThe 1990's
Introduction & American Space Policy/ American Civilian Space Program (NASA) / American Military Space Program: Initial Military Operations / Russian Space Program / European, Asian, and Commercial Space Programs
Introduction / The Nature of Satellite Digital Data / Digitization / Image Processing / Introduction to PIT / Installing PIT from the Internet / Installing PIT from the CD-ROM / General Overview of PIT / Displaying Images / Histograms and Scatter Plots / Ratioing and Principal Components / Unsupervised Classifications / Supervised Classifications / Conclusion
Introduction / Linear Combinations / Singular Matrices / Space / Standardizing Sets
Last Updated: June 18, 2007