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Cover -- Title Page -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Preface -- Chapter 1 Introduction -- 1.1 Types and Classes of Remote Sensing Data -- 1.2 Brief History of Remote Sensing -- 1.3 Remote Sensing Space Platforms -- 1.4 Transmission Through the Earth and Planetary Atmospheres -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 2 Nature and Properties of Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.1 Fundamental Properties of Electromagnetic Waves -- 2.1.1 Electromagnetic Spectrum -- 2.1.2 Maxwellś Equations -- 2.1.3 Wave Equation and Solution -- 2.1.4 Quantum Properties of Electromagnetic Radiation

2.1.5 Polarization -- 2.1.6 Coherency -- 2.1.7 Group and Phase Velocity -- 2.1.8 Doppler Effect -- 2.2 Nomenclature and Definition of Radiation Quantities -- 2.2.1 Radiation Quantities -- 2.2.2 Spectral Quantities -- 2.2.3 Luminous Quantities -- 2.3 Generation of Electromagnetic Radiation -- 2.4 Detection of Electromagnetic Radiation -- 2.5 Interaction of Electromagnetic Waves with Matter: Quick Overview -- 2.6 Interaction Mechanisms Throughout the Electromagnetic Spectrum -- Exercises -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 3 Solid Surfaces Sensing in the Visible and Near Infrared

3.1 Source Spectral Characteristics -- 3.2 Wave-Surface Interaction Mechanisms -- 3.2.1 Reflection, Transmission, and Scattering -- 3.2.2 Vibrational Processes -- 3.2.3 Electronic Processes -- 3.2.4 Fluorescence -- 3.3 Signature of Solid Surface Materials -- 3.3.1 Signature of Geologic Materials -- 3.3.2 Signature of Biologic Materials -- 3.3.3 Depth of Penetration -- 3.4 Passive Imaging Sensors -- 3.4.1 Imaging Basics -- 3.4.2 Sensor Elements -- 3.4.3 Detectors -- 3.5 Types of Imaging Systems -- 3.6 Description of Some Visible/Infrared Imaging Sensors

3.6.1 Landsat Enhanced Thematic Mapper Plus (ETM+) -- 3.6.2 Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) -- 3.6.3 Mars Orbiter Camera (MOC) -- 3.6.4 Mars Exploration Rover Panchromatic Camera (Pancam) -- 3.6.5 Cassini Imaging Instrument -- 3.6.6 Juno Imaging System -- 3.6.7 Europa Imaging System -- 3.6.8 Cassini Visual and Infrared Mapping Spectrometer (VIMS) -- 3.6.9 Chandrayaan Imaging Spectrometer M3 -- 3.6.10 Sentinel Multispectral Imager -- 3.6.11 Airborne Visible-Infrared Imaging Spectrometer (AVIRIS) -- 3.7 Active Sensors

3.8 Surface Sensing at Very Short Wavelengths -- 3.8.1 Radiation Sources -- 3.8.2 Detection -- 3.9 Image Data Analysis -- 3.9.1 Detection and Delineation -- 3.9.2 Classification -- 3.9.3 Identification -- Exercises -- References and Further Reading -- Chapter 4 Solid-Surface Sensing: Thermal Infrared -- 4.1 Thermal Radiation Laws -- 4.1.1 Emissivity of Natural Terrain -- 4.1.2 Emissivity from the Sun and Planetary Surfaces -- 4.2 Heat Conduction Theory -- 4.3 Effect of Periodic Heating -- 4.4 Use of Thermal Emission in Surface Remote Sensing -- 4.4.1 Surface Heating by the Sun

4.4.2 Effect of Surface Cover.

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