Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation

Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon, Alfredo Huete

"Very comprehensive and an excellent reference, both for practitioners in the field as well as students hoping to learn more about the uses of Hyperspectral Data for characterizing a diverse set of vegetation...There are books by other authors on Hyperspectral approaches and vegetation characterization(non-hyperspectral), but I believe this book stands alone as the final word on Hyperspectral characterization of vegetation. In fact, all the premier works in literature on Hyperspectral characterization of vegetation have been authored by Thenkabail et al.!"--Dr. Thomas George, CEO, SaraniaSat Inc."The publication of the four-volume set, Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation, Second Edition, is a landmark effort in providing an important, valuable, and timely contribution that summarizes the state of spectroscopy-based understanding of the Earth’s terrestrial and near shore environments."--Susan L. Ustin, John Muir Institute"The second edition of the book is major revision effort and covers all the aspects most descriptively and explicitly for the students, academia and professionals across the discipline. The book provides breadth of innovative applications of mathematical techniques to extract information from the hyperspectral image data. The chapters are contributed by internationally renowned authors in their respective fields...The hand book Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation by Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon and Alfredo Huete is most comprehensive, designed for learning and the best book in the discipline today."--Dr. P.S. Roy, ICRISAT-CGIAR"This book is an absolute gem. The history, the contemporary and the future of hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation is contained within these pages. New topics on data mining and machine learning are hugely helpful to understand how scientists can go about processing these massive data sets. With great societal challenges such as food security, sustainability, deforestation and land use change, the research presented in this book provides clear evidence that hyperspectral remote sensing has an important and valuable role to play.The book is a great resource for undergraduate, postgraduate students, research and academics. There is something in this book for everyone. I want it on my shelf."--Prof. Kevin Tansey, Leicester Institute for Space & Earth Observation

• Section I: Detecting Crop Management Practices, Plant Stress, and Disease 1. Using Hyperspectral Data in Precision Farming Applications 2. Hyperspectral Narrowbands and Their Indices in Study of Nitrogen Content of Cotton Crops 3. Analysis of the Effects of Heavy Metals on Vegetation Hyperspectral Reflectance Properties Section II: Vegetation Processes and Function (ET, Water Use, GPP, LUE, Phenology) 4. Mapping the Distribution and Abundance of Flowering Plants Using Hyperspectral Sensing 5. Crop Water Productivity Estimation with Hyperspectral Remote Sensing 6. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Tools for Quantifying Plant Litter and Invasive Species in Arid Ecosystems 7. Hyperspectral Applications to Landscape Phenology Section III: Land Cover, Forests, and Wetland and Urban Applications Using Hyperspectral Data 8. The Use of Hyperspectral Earth Observation Data for Land Use/Cover Classification: Present Status, Challenges, and Future Outlook 9. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Forest Management 10. Characterization of Pastures Using Field and Imaging Spectrometers 11. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Wetland Vegetation Section IV: Thermal, SWIR, and Visible Remote Sensing 12. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Fire: A Review Section V: Hyperspectral Data in Global Change Studies 13. Hyperspectral Data in Long-Term, Cross-Sensor Continuity Studies Section VI: Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Other Planets 14. Hyperspectral Analysis of Rocky Surfaces on Earth and Other Planetary Bodies Section VII: Conclusions 15. Fifty Years of Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Agriculture and Vegetation—Summary, Insights, and Highlights of Volume IV: Advanced Applications in Remote Sensing of Agricultural Crops and Natural Vegetation