Comprehensive Remote Sensing-

Comprehensive Remote Sensing

Table of Contents:
1. Remote sensing missions and sensors Major satellite programs and associated sensors: EOS; Landsat , SPOT; JPSS program, other national space programs (JAXA, China, India, etc.) 2. Remote sensing data processing and analysis methodology Geometric processing; radiometric processing; data fusion, image classification, data assimilation 3. Quantitative remote sensing of vegetation Vegetation index, Biochemical properties, Vegetation structural information (tree high, etc.), LAI, FAPAR, fractional vegetation, biomass, gross/net primary, productivity, phenology 4. Remote sensing of hydrological cycle Precipitation, evapotranspiration, soil moisture, snow water equivalent, surface and underground water storage 5. Remote sensing of Earth energy budget TOA net radiation (albedo, outgoing radiation), surface net radiation (incident shortwave radiation, albedo, downward and upwelling longwave radiation), land surface temperature and emissivity, SST, surface sensible heat flux 6. Remote Sensing of land surface type change Land cover mapping, plant functional types, land use change detection (afforestation/reforestation/deforestation, urban expansion and urban heat island, crop distribution, irrigation), invasive species, surface water, wetland, fire burned area, hazardous mapping (drought, flooring, landslides, etc.), snow cover, frozen/shaw, surface topography 7. Atmospheric remote sensing Atmospheric profiles (temperature, water vapor), aerosols, clouds, ozone, carbon, wind 8. Oceanic remote sensing Ocean color, acoustic tomography, surface topography, salinity, wind and velocity, sea level, sea ice, Coastal Environment 9. Remote sensing applications Various applications in Earth system science and societal benefit areas, such as agriculture, biodiversity, climate, disasters, ecosystems, energy, health, water, and weather

About the Author :
Dr. Liang received his Ph.D. from Boston University in 1993. He is a Chair Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Hong Kong. He has published over 490 SCI journal papers, 43 book chapters, and ten special issues of various journals. He has authored/edited eight books, five of which have been translated into Chinese. Dr. Liang is a Fellow of the IEEE and AAAS, and a Global STEM Professor. He serves as an Editor-in-Chief of the Science of Remote Sensing journal. Dr. Liang led the development of the Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) products, freely available at awww.glass.hku.hk and www.geodata.cn. He is also leading to develop the high-resolution (30 m) version of GLASS (Hi-GLASS) products. His Google Scholar H-index is 107, with over 46,000 citations. Clarivate recognizes him as a Highly Cited Researcher, placing him among the top 0.1% of scientists globally.