The satellite images are astounding. It provides the reader with the keys to understanding the theory and uses of satellite technology. This small book is packed with information clearly and concisely presented. It will inform the interested layman or it could serve as a unifying text for a high-school or beginning college course on remote sensing. Even the experienced earth scientist will enjoy looking at the pictures.
Most graphics are in full color and the text is laid out in an easy to read format.
This book does an outstanding job of explaining satellite technology and its scientific applications. This book provides a wonderfully illustrated and balanced introduction to global processes, satellite observations and the use of color imagery to help students of Earth System Science examine and better understand our environment. Ruzek, Universities Space Research Association Earth from Above provides an easy introduction to understanding and interpreting satellite images, using illustrative examples to instruct on the fantastically informative new global data sets. Beginning with two short chapters on visible satellite images and radiation, the book then covers six key Earth-atmosphere variables on such environmentally important topics as the Antarctic ozone hole, El Nino, deforestation, the missing carbon dilemma, and the effects of sea ice, snow cover, and volcanoes on atmospheric temperatures. A final chapter broadens the discussion to consider satellite Earth observations in general.