Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors

Rok: 2001
ISBN: 9783540423881
OKCZID: 110185768

Citace (dle ČSN ISO 690):
KRAMER, Herbert J. Observation of the Earth and its environment: survey of missions and sensors. 4th ed. Berlin: Springer, 2002. xxix, 1510 s. Engineering online library.

Hodnocení: 3.5 / 5 (6 hlasů)

Anotace

This book is the most complete compendium of spaceborne missions and instruments. In addition, it includes surveys of airborne missions. Compared with the 3rd edition the spaceborne part grew from about 300 to 1000 pages. The complete text - including the electronic-only chapters - contains more than 1900 pages, all of which is contained on the accompanying CD-ROM in PDF-format files. New chapters treat the history of Earth observation and "small-science" missions developed by universities. The number of commercial Earth imaging missions has grown significantly. A chapter contains reference data and definitions. Extensive appendices provide a comprehensive glossary, acronyms and abbreviations and an index of sensors. An effort has been made to present the information in context, to point out relationships and interconnections. The book may serve as a reference and guide to all involved in the various national and international space programs: researchers and managers, service providers and data users, teachers and students.||From the Reviews:||"Simply stated, this remarkable book is an essential resource for anyone concerned with any aspect of Earth-centered remote sensing. Now in its fourth edition, and blessed for the first time with a complete CD-ROM (that includes more than 400 pages of resource material that is not in the hard copy), this encyclopaedic monograph captures the entire field of space-based and airborne systems, instruments, campaigns, and much more. Although the price may dissuade purchase for personal use, at less than 1/10th the cost of a single frame of decent space-based imagery, it is a steal. No laboratory, agency, technical library, or serious practitioner concerned with remotely sensed data or systems should be without this work... It is clear that the author has invested an incredible amount of effort to compile so much rich detail in such an accessible format and pleasing style. There is no alternative reference to be found anywhere that approaches the scope and breadth of this modern classic."|- R.K. RANEY, IEEE GEOSCIENCE AND REMOTE SENSING SOCIETY NEWSLETTER (March 2002)||"Of all the books in my office, this is the one that I refer to most frequently. Anyone working in the field of remote sensing will eventually need the answers to question such as, "What is the instrument complement of UARS?" or "What is the spatial resolution of EROS-A1?" Even in this age of online resources, the best and fastest way to answer those questions is to consult this book. Herbert Kramer has provided a comprehensive and up-to-date compendium of space-borne missions that are designed to perform earth remote sensing, but also upper-atmosphere and ionosphere sensing, near-earth environmental monitoring, and technology demonstrations... The encyclopaedic portion of the text on space-borne missions totals more than 1000 pages, and that alone would compose a unique reference text. But there is much more to this book... The entire contents of the book are also provided on a CD-ROM which also contains a 327-page survey of airborne sensors... This book is a tour de force. It is an indispensable reference book that belongs on the bookshelf of every serious practitioner... It is a unique resource and has my highest recommendation."|- D.L. GLACKIN, BULLETIN OF THE AMERICAN METEOROLOGICAL SOCIETY (May 2002) ||

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