Adams J., Gillespie A. Remote Sensing of Landscapes with Spectral Images. A Physical Modeling Approach

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2006. - 379 p.
Remote Sensing of Landscapes with Spectral Images is designed as a textbook and reference for graduate students and professionals in a variety of disciplines including ecology, forestry, geology, geography, urban planning, archeology, and civil engineering, who want to use spectral images to help solve problems in the field. The emphasis is on the practical use of images rather than on theory and mathematical derivations, although a knowledge of college-level physics is assumed. Examples are drawn from a variety of landscapes and interpretations are tested against the reality seen on the ground. The reader is led through analysis of real images (using figures and explanations), and the examples are chosen to illustrate important aspects of the analytic framework, rather than simply how specific algorithms work.