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A definition for Remote Sensing
(1) In the broadest sense, the measurement or acquisition of information about some property of an object or phenomenon, by a recording device that is not in physical or intimate contact with the object or phenomenon under study.
(2) Instruments that record characteristics of objects at a distance, sometimes forming an image by gathering, focusing, and recording reflected light from the Sun, or reflected radio waves emitted by the spacecraft.
[Source: Glossary of the Landsat Missions, 06/16/2017]
Introductory Resource from the USGS
- Aerial Photographs and Satellite Images
An online edition of the popular booklet that discusses some characteristics of aerial photographs and satellite images and the types of images that are available from the USGS.
Introductory reading(s)
The ArcGIS Imagery Book by Call Number: Baker/Berry G 70.212 .A7353 2016ISBN: 9781589484627Explore how imagery and remote sensing power modern GIS. With The ArcGIS Imagery Book, you will roll up your sleeves and quickly begin putting imagery to smarter, more skillful use with your GIS.
An Introduction to Ocean Remote Sensing by Call Number: GC 10.4 .R4 M375 2014ISBN: 9781107019386The second edition of this popular textbook introduces students to how remote sensing works, how to understand observations from Earth-observing systems, and the observations' importance to physical and biological oceanography. It provides full explanations of radiative transfer, ocean surface properties, satellite orbits, instruments and methods, visible remote sensing of biogeochemical properties, infrared and microwave retrieval of sea surface temperature, sea surface salinity retrieval, passive microwave measurements, scatterometer wind retrieval, altimetry and SAR. Also included are descriptions of the online archives where data can be obtained, and readers can obtain online tools for working with the data - enabling hands-on engagement with real-world observations.
Introduction to Remote Sensing by Call Number: eBookISBN: 160918176XThis book introduces widely used forms of remote sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hydrology, earth sciences, and land use analysis. The text provides comprehensive coverage of principal topics and serves as a framework for organizing the vast amount of remote sensing information available on the Web.
Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation by Call Number: Baker/Berry G 70.4 .L54 2015ISBN: 9781118343289Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation is designed to be primarily used in two ways: as a textbook in the introductory courses in remote sensing and image interpretation, and as a reference for the burgeoning number of practitioners who use geospatial information and analysis in their work. Because of the wide range of academic and professional settings in which this book might be used, we have made the discussion "discipline neutral." In short, anyone involved in geospatial data acquisition and analysis should find this book to be a valuable text and reference.
The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing by Call Number: Baker/Berry G 70.4 .S16 2009ISBN: 1412936160Using a wide range of spatial, spectral, temporal, and radiometric scales remote sensing is a large and diverse field for which this Handbook will be the key research reference. Illustrated throughout, an essential resource for the analysis of remotely sensed data, The SAGE Handbook of Remote Sensing provides researchers with a definitive statement of the core concepts and methodologies in the discipline.
