TY - CHAP
T1 - Remote sensing
T2 - Fundamentals, types and monitoring applications of environmental consequences of war
AU - Al Ajmi, Dhari
AU - Saif ud din, ud din
PY - 2009
Y1 - 2009
N2 - The chapter deals with the fundamentals of remote sensing, basic principle of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with the earth, atmosphere and surface materials. The types of sensors, digital data formats, basic image processing techniques, including image enhancement techniques and classification methods are explained in details. Besides the image processing techniques, applications of remote sensing in Kuwait are presented in a section on applications, that include techniques for mapping subsidence in oil fields, estimation of recharge to shallow aquifers and freshwater lenses, calibration of satellite precipitation data and mapping of hydrocarbon contamination using land surface temperature estimates.
AB - The chapter deals with the fundamentals of remote sensing, basic principle of electromagnetic radiation and its interaction with the earth, atmosphere and surface materials. The types of sensors, digital data formats, basic image processing techniques, including image enhancement techniques and classification methods are explained in details. Besides the image processing techniques, applications of remote sensing in Kuwait are presented in a section on applications, that include techniques for mapping subsidence in oil fields, estimation of recharge to shallow aquifers and freshwater lenses, calibration of satellite precipitation data and mapping of hydrocarbon contamination using land surface temperature estimates.
KW - EMR
KW - Hydrocarbon pollution
KW - Image enhancement
KW - Interferometry
KW - LST
KW - TRMM
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-540-87963-3_3
DO - 10.1007/978-3-540-87963-3_3
M3 - Chapter
AN - SCOPUS:63349096051
SN - 9783540879619
VL - 3 U
T3 - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 3: Anthropogenic Compounds
SP - 41
EP - 123
BT - Handbook of Environmental Chemistry, Volume 3: Anthropogenic Compounds
ER -