Landsat L8 Data Users Handbook
DOWNLOAD
Download Landsat L8 Data Users Handbook PDF/ePub or read online books in Mobi eBooks. Click Download or Read Online button to get Landsat L8 Data Users Handbook book now. This website allows unlimited access to, at the time of writing, more than 1.5 million titles, including hundreds of thousands of titles in various foreign languages. If the content not found or just blank you must refresh this page
Landsat L8 Data Users Handbook
DOWNLOAD
Author : U. S. Geological Survey
language : en
Publisher: Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
Release Date : 2017-08-02
Landsat L8 Data Users Handbook written by U. S. Geological Survey and has been published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2017-08-02 with categories.
This Landsat 8 (L8) Data Users Handbook is a living document prepared by the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) Landsat Project Science Office at the Earth Resources Observation and Science (EROS) Center in Sioux Falls, SD, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Landsat Project Science Office at NASA's Goddard Space Flight Center (GSFC) in Greenbelt, Maryland. The purpose of this handbook is to provide a basic understanding and associated reference material for the L8 Observatory and its science data products. In doing so, this document does not include a detailed description of all technical details of the L8 mission, but instead focuses on the information that the users need to gain an understanding of the science data products. This handbook includes various sections that provide an overview of reference material and a more detailed description of applicable data user and product information. This document includes the following sections: Section 1 describes the background for the L8 mission as well as previous Landsat missions Section 2 provides a comprehensive overview of the current L8 Observatory, including the spacecraft, the Operational Land Imager (OLI) and Thermal Infrared Sensor (TIRS) instruments, and the L8 concept of operations Section 3 includes an overview of radiometric and geometric instrument calibration as well as a description of the Observatory component reference systems and the Calibration Parameter File (CPF) Section 4 includes a comprehensive description of Level 1 products and product generation Section 5 addresses the conversion of Digital Numbers (DNs) to physical units Section 6 includes an overview of data search and access using the various online tools Appendix A contains the applicable reference materials, along with the list of known issues associated with L8 data Appendix B contains an example of the Level 1 product metadata This document is controlled by the Land Satellites Data System (LSDS) Configuration Control Board (CCB). Please submit changes to this document, as well as supportive material justifying the proposed changes, via a Change Request (CR) to the Process and Change Management Tool.
Multisensor Data Fusion And Machine Learning For Environmental Remote Sensing
DOWNLOAD
Author : Ni-Bin Chang
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2018-02-21
Multisensor Data Fusion And Machine Learning For Environmental Remote Sensing written by Ni-Bin Chang and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-02-21 with Technology & Engineering categories.
In the last few years the scientific community has realized that obtaining a better understanding of interactions between natural systems and the man-made environment across different scales demands more research efforts in remote sensing. An integrated Earth system observatory that merges surface-based, air-borne, space-borne, and even underground sensors with comprehensive and predictive capabilities indicates promise for revolutionizing the study of global water, energy, and carbon cycles as well as land use and land cover changes. The aim of this book is to present a suite of relevant concepts, tools, and methods of integrated multisensor data fusion and machine learning technologies to promote environmental sustainability. The process of machine learning for intelligent feature extraction consists of regular, deep, and fast learning algorithms. The niche for integrating data fusion and machine learning for remote sensing rests upon the creation of a new scientific architecture in remote sensing science that is designed to support numerical as well as symbolic feature extraction managed by several cognitively oriented machine learning tasks at finer scales. By grouping a suite of satellites with similar nature in platform design, data merging may come to help for cloudy pixel reconstruction over the space domain or concatenation of time series images over the time domain, or even both simultaneously. Organized in 5 parts, from Fundamental Principles of Remote Sensing; Feature Extraction for Remote Sensing; Image and Data Fusion for Remote Sensing; Integrated Data Merging, Data Reconstruction, Data Fusion, and Machine Learning; to Remote Sensing for Environmental Decision Analysis, the book will be a useful reference for graduate students, academic scholars, and working professionals who are involved in the study of Earth systems and the environment for a sustainable future. The new knowledge in this book can be applied successfully in many areas of environmental science and engineering.
Handbook Of Mathematical Geosciences
DOWNLOAD
Author : B.S. Daya Sagar
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2018-06-25
Handbook Of Mathematical Geosciences written by B.S. Daya Sagar and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2018-06-25 with Science categories.
This Open Access handbook published at the IAMG's 50th anniversary, presents a compilation of invited path-breaking research contributions by award-winning geoscientists who have been instrumental in shaping the IAMG. It contains 45 chapters that are categorized broadly into five parts (i) theory, (ii) general applications, (iii) exploration and resource estimation, (iv) reviews, and (v) reminiscences covering related topics like mathematical geosciences, mathematical morphology, geostatistics, fractals and multifractals, spatial statistics, multipoint geostatistics, compositional data analysis, informatics, geocomputation, numerical methods, and chaos theory in the geosciences.
Information Management And Big Data
DOWNLOAD
Author : Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2020-04-22
Information Management And Big Data written by Juan Antonio Lossio-Ventura and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2020-04-22 with Computers categories.
This book constitutes the refereed proceedings of the 6th International Conference on Information Management and Big Data, SIMBig 2019, held in Lima, Peru, in August 2019. The 15 full papers and 16 short papers presented were carefully reviewed and selected from 104 submissions. The papers address issues such as data mining, artificial intelligence, Natural Language Processing, information retrieval, machine learning, web mining.
Springer Handbook Of Geographic Information
DOWNLOAD
Author : Wolfgang Kresse
language : en
Publisher: Springer Nature
Release Date : 2022-06-24
Springer Handbook Of Geographic Information written by Wolfgang Kresse and has been published by Springer Nature this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2022-06-24 with Computers categories.
This handbook provides an exhaustive, one-stop reference and a state-of-the-art description of geographic information and its use. This new, substantially updated edition presents a complete and rigorous overview of the fundamentals, methods and applications of the multidisciplinary field of geographic information systems. Designed to be a useful and readable desk reference book, but also prepared in various electronic formats, this title allows fast yet comprehensive review and easy retrieval of essential reliable key information. The Springer Handbook of Geographic Information is divided into three parts. Part A, Basics and Computer Science, provides an overview on the fundamentals, including descriptions of databases and encoding of geographic information. It also covers the underlying mathematical and statistics methods and modeling. A new chapter exemplifies the emerging use and analysis of big data in a geographic context. Part B offers rigorous descriptions of gathering, processing and coding of geographic information in a standardized way to allow interoperable use in a variety of systems; from traditional methods such as geodesy and surveying to state-of-the-art remote sensing and photogrammetry; from cartography to geospatial web services. Discussions on geosemantic interoperability and security of open distributed geospatial information systems complete the comprehensive coverage. The final part describes a wide array of applications in science, industry and society at large, such as agriculture, defense, transportation, energy and utilities, health and human services. The part is enhanced by new chapters on smart cities and building information modeling, as well as a complete overview of the currently available open-source geographic information systems. Using standardized international terminology, in accordance with ISO/TC 211 and INSPIRE, this handbook facilitates collaboration between different disciplines and is a must have for practitioners and new comers in industry and academia.
Handbook Of Research On Agricultural Policy Rural Development And Entrepreneurship In Contemporary Economies
DOWNLOAD
Author : Jean Vasile, Andrei
language : en
Publisher: IGI Global
Release Date : 2019-11-29
Handbook Of Research On Agricultural Policy Rural Development And Entrepreneurship In Contemporary Economies written by Jean Vasile, Andrei and has been published by IGI Global this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-11-29 with Business & Economics categories.
Promoting rural entrepreneurship is a necessary step to limit the negative effects of classical agricultural policy based on a linear process and attracting secondary resources to the economic process. The analysis of agricultural policy and rural development in conjunction to entrepreneurship in terms of production may represent a further step in understanding the role and importance of diversifying the rural potentials in contemporary economies. The Handbook of Research on Agricultural Policy, Rural Development, and Entrepreneurship in Contemporary Economies is an essential publication of academic research that examines agricultural policy and its impact on shaping future resilient economy in rural areas and identifies green business models and new business patterns in rural communities. Covering a range of topics such as entrepreneurship, product management, and marketing, this book is ideal for researchers, policymakers, academicians, economists, agriculture professionals, rural developers, business investors, and students.
Mangroves And Aquaculture
DOWNLOAD
Author : Stuart E. Hamilton
language : en
Publisher: Springer
Release Date : 2019-08-09
Mangroves And Aquaculture written by Stuart E. Hamilton and has been published by Springer this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2019-08-09 with Science categories.
This book uses five decades of map data, air photos, and medium to high-resolution satellite imagery to track the expansions of aquaculture and the loss of both estuarine and mangrove land covers in Ecuador. The results are staggering. In some regions, Ecuador has lost almost 50% of its estuarine space and approximately 80% of its mangrove forest. The current estuarine land cover bears no resemblance to the historic estuarine land cover. The analysis is complete from 1968 to 2014. The analysis covers all the major estuaries of mainland Ecuador. The research expands beyond purely land cover into the land use of the estuaries and the implications of the land cover transitions. The author lived in Ecuador's estuarine environments for almost two years studying this area. During this time he conducted mapping workshops with local residents, conducted 100 interviews with local actors, conducted six group discussions with fisherfolk syndicates, conducted eight presentations, worked on a shrimp farm. He was employed by the Ministry of the Environment on a Prometeo fellowship for one-year researching estuarine health and worked on mangrove replanting projects in the estuaries. In addition to the remote sensing data, the author provides a contextual framework to the analysis. It is not just hard numbers that are presented, but a remote sensing analysis tied to local actors that tell a coherent almost 50 -year estuarine story at the national, provincial, and local scales The book is intended for researchers, academics, graduate students, NGOs, and government actors including those who work in development, environment, and policy implementation. It is suitable supplemental reading for students in courses related to the coastal zone, land use change, and remote sensing. The electronically supplementary material includes all the related data to underpin the analysis as well as all the resulting GIS files.
Applications Of Remote Sensing Data In Mapping Of Forest Growing Stock And Biomass
DOWNLOAD
Author : José Aranha
language : en
Publisher: MDPI
Release Date : 2021-09-01
Applications Of Remote Sensing Data In Mapping Of Forest Growing Stock And Biomass written by José Aranha and has been published by MDPI this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-09-01 with Science categories.
This Special Issue (SI), entitled "Applications of Remote Sensing Data in Mapping of Forest Growing Stock and Biomass”, resulted from 13 peer-reviewed papers dedicated to Forestry and Biomass mapping, characterization and accounting. The papers' authors presented improvements in Remote Sensing processing techniques on satellite images, drone-acquired images and LiDAR images, both aerial and terrestrial. Regarding the images’ classification models, all authors presented supervised methods, such as Random Forest, complemented by GIS routines and biophysical variables measured on the field, which were properly georeferenced. The achieved results enable the statement that remote imagery could be successfully used as a data source for regression analysis and formulation and, in this way, used in forestry actions such as canopy structure analysis and mapping, or to estimate biomass. This collection of papers, presented in the form of a book, brings together 13 articles covering various forest issues and issues in forest biomass calculation, constituting an important work manual for those who use mixed GIS and RS techniques.
Sundarbans Mangrove Systems
DOWNLOAD
Author : Anirban Mukhopadhyay
language : en
Publisher: CRC Press
Release Date : 2021-08-15
Sundarbans Mangrove Systems written by Anirban Mukhopadhyay and has been published by CRC Press this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-08-15 with Nature categories.
Sundarbans, a UNESCO heritage site, is the world’s largest single chunk of mangroves distributed on the Indian and Bangladesh coasts. The mangroves and associated ecosystems are one of the most fertile ecosystems of the earth. Sundarbans Mangrove Systems: A Geo-Informatics Approach portrays different perspectives of studying Sundarbans and mangroves using geospatial analysis. This book highlights the major issues with the Sundarbans mangrove forest, its future conservation strategies and its ecological importance using geo-informatics technology. It explains the usage of remote sensing data for providing information about the present state of mangroves and their tropic status, including assessment in terms of extent, density of community, condition, diversity, identifying potential habitats and heterogeneity. Furthermore, it discusses the use of hyperspectral remote sensing data for species level classification of mangroves, community zonation for biodiversity assessment and for preparing management plans for conservation. KEY FEATURES Exclusively covers the ecological state of Sundarbans (mangrove systems) through geo-informatic studies Describes the application of a combination of geomorphological, biogeochemical and remote sensing methods to the analysis of temporal changes Includes environmental factors affecting the health and decline of mangroves Covers biodiversity and ecological controls in mangroves ecosystems Discusses a remote sensing approach for tropical forested island and mangroves mapping This book is aimed at graduate students and researchers in environmental sciences, ecology, marine sciences, biology, geosciences and GIS/remote sensing areas.
Collaborative Research To Address Changes In The Climate Hydrology And Cryosphere Of High Mountain Asia
DOWNLOAD
Author : Anthony Arendt
language : en
Publisher: Frontiers Media SA
Release Date : 2021-01-06
Collaborative Research To Address Changes In The Climate Hydrology And Cryosphere Of High Mountain Asia written by Anthony Arendt and has been published by Frontiers Media SA this book supported file pdf, txt, epub, kindle and other format this book has been release on 2021-01-06 with Science categories.