Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies

SATELLITES AND SENSORS FROM DIFFERENT ERAS AND THEIR CHARACTERISTICS Remote Sensing Systems-Platforms and Sensors: Aerial, Satellite, UAV, Optical, Radar, and LiDAR Sudhanshu S. Panda, Mahesh N. Rao, Prasad S. Thenkabail, and James E. Fitzerald FUNDAMENTALS OF REMOTE SENSING: EVOLUTION, STATE OF THE ART, AND FUTURE POSSIBILITIES Fundamentals of Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications: Evolution, Current State of the Art, and Future Possibilities Natascha Oppelt, Rolf Scheiber, Peter Gege, Martin Wegmann, Hannes Taubenboeck, and Michael Berger DATA NORMALIZATION, HARMONIZATION, AND INTERSENSOR CALIBRATION Overview of Satellite Image Radiometry in the Solar-Reflective Optical Domain Philippe M. Teillet Postlaunch Radiometric Calibration of Satellite-Based Optical Sensors with Emphasis on Terrestrial Reference Standard Sites Philippe M. Teillet and Gyanesh Chander Remote Sensing Data Normalization Rudiger Gens and Jordi Cristobal Rossello Satellite Data Degradations and Their Impacts on High-Level Products Dongdong Wang VEGETATION INDEX STANDARDIZATION AND CROSS-CALIBRATION OF DATA FROM MULTIPLE SENSORS Inter- and Intrasensor Spectral Compatibility and Calibration of the Enhanced Vegetation Indices Tomoaki Miura, Kenta Obata, Javzandulam T. Azuma, Alfredo Huete, and Hiroki Yoshioka Toward Standardization of Vegetation Indices Michael D. Steven, Timothy J. Malthus, and Frederic Baret IMAGE PROCESSING METHODS AND APPROACHES Digital Image Processing: A Review of the Fundamental Methods and Techniques Sunil Narumalani and Paul Merani Urban Image Classification: Per-Pixel Classifiers, Subpixel Analysis, Object-Based Image Analysis, and Geospatial Methods Soe W. Myint, Victor Mesev, Dale A. Quattrochi, and Elizabeth A. Wentz Image Classification Methods in Land Cover and Land Use Mutlu Ozdogan Hyperspectral Image Processing: Methods and Approaches Jun Li and Antonio Plaza Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Principles and Theoretical Background Claudia Kuenzer, Jianzhong Zhang, and Stefan Dech Object-Based Image Analysis: Evolution, History, State of the Art, and Future Vision Thomas Blaschke, Maggi Kelly, and Helena Merschdorf Geospatial Data Integration in OBIA: Implications of Accuracy and Validity Stefan Lang and Dirk Tiede Image Segmentation Algorithms for Land Categorization James C. Tilton, Selim Aksoy, and Yuliya Tarabalka LiDAR Data Processing and Applications Shih-Hong Chio, Tzu-Yi Chuang, Pai-Hui Hsu, Jen-Jer Jaw, Shih-Yuan Lin, Yu-Ching Lin, Tee-Ann Teo, Fuan Tsai, Yi-Hsing Tseng, Cheng-Kai Wang, Chi-Kuei Wang, Miao Wang, and Ming-Der Yang CHANGE DETECTION Change Detection Techniques Using Multisensor Data Daniela Anjos, Dengsheng Lu, Luciano Dutra, and Sidnei Sant'Anna INTEGRATING GEOGRAPHIC INFORMATION SYSTEMS (GIS) AND REMOTE SENSING IN SPATIAL MODELING FRAMEWORK FOR DECISION SUPPORT Geoprocessing, Workflows, and Provenance Jason A. Tullis, Jackson D. Cothren, David P. Lanter, Xuan Shi, W. Fredrick Limp, Rachel F. Linck, Sean G. Young, and Tareefa S. Alsumaiti Toward Democratization of Geographic Information: GIS, Remote Sensing, and GNss Applications in Everyday Life Gaurav Sinha, Barry J. Kronenfeld, and Jeffrey C. Brunskill Frontiers of GIScience: Evolution, State of the Art, and Future Pathways May Yuan Object-Based Regionalization for Policy-Oriented Partitioning of Space Stefan Lang, Stefan Kienberger, Michael Hagenlocher, and Lena Pernkopf GLOBAL NAVIGATION SATELLITE SYSTEMS (GNSS ) REMOTE SENSING Global Navigation Satellite Systems Theory and Practice: Evolution, State of the Art, and Future Pathways Mohinder S. Grewal Global Navigation Satellite System Reflectometry for Ocean and Land Applications Kegen Yu, Chris Rizos, and Andrew Dempster Global Navigation Satellite Systems for Wide Array of Terrestrial Applications Myszor, O. Antemijczuk, M. Grygierek, M. Wierzchanowski, and K.A. Cyran CROWDSOURCING AND REMOTE SENSING DATA Crowdsourcing and Remote Sensing: Combining Two Views of Planet Earth Fabio Della'Acqua CLOUD COMPUTING AND REMOTE SENSING Processing Remote-Sensing Data in Cloud Computing Environments Ramanathan Sugumaran, James W. Hegeman, Vivek B. Sardeshmukh, and Marc P. Armstrong GOOGLE EARTH FOR REMOTE SENSING Google Earth for Remote Sensing John E. Bailey ACCURACIES, ERRORS, AND UNCERTAINTIES OF REMOTE SENSING-DERIVED PRODUCTS Assessing Positional and Thematic Accuracies of Maps Generated from Remotely Sensed Data Russell G. Congalton SPACE LAW AND REMOTE SENSING Remote Sensing Law: An Overview of Its Development and Its Trajectory in the Global Context P.J. Blount SUMMARY Remote Sensing Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies: Advances of the Last 50 Years and a Vision for the Future Prasad S. Thenkabail