There has been phenomenal growth in the field of remote sensing over the last two to three decades. It has been applied in the fields of geology, mineral exploration, forestry, agriculture, hydrology, soils, land use etc. - that is, in all pursuits of sciences dealing with the features, processes, and phenomena operating at the Earth's surface.
The status of geological remote sensing has rapidly advanced and the scientific literature is scattered. The aim of the present book is to systematically discuss the specific requirements of geological remote sensing, to summarize the techniques of remote sensing data collection and interpretation, and to integrate the technique into geo-exploration.
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The main conceptual features of the book are:
- To combine various aspects of geological remote sensing, ranging from the laboratory spectra of minerals and rocks to aerial and space-borne remote sensing.
- To integrate photo-geology into remote sensing.
- To promote remote sensing as a tool in integrated geo-exploration.
- To elucidate the wide-spectrum geoscientific applications of remote sensing,ranging from meso to global scale.
The book has been written to satisfy the needs of mainly graduate students and
active research workers interested in applied Earth sciences. It is primarily concept
oriented rather than system or module oriented.
The organization of the book is detailed in Chapter 1 (Table 1.1). The book has
three chief segments: (1) techniques, sensors and interpretation of data in the opti-
cal region; (2) techniques, sensors and interpretation of data in the microwave re-
gion; and (3) data processing, integration and applications.
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