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Remote Sensing of Vegetation: Principles, Techniques, and Applications is a very welcome contribution as an introductory textbook for advanced undergraduates, graduate students, and autodidacts...Jones and Vaughan provide an excellent introduction to a growing transdisciplinary field of inquiry and practiceone that should find its way into many a syllabus. (Geoffrey M. Henebry, BioScience )
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Remote sensing is becoming an increasingly important tool for agriculturalists, ecologists, and land managers for the study of Earth's agricultural and natural vegetation, and can be applied to further our understanding of key environmental issues, including climate change and ecosystem management. This timely introduction offers an accessible yet rigorous treatment of the basics of remote sensing at all scales, illustrating its practical application to the study of vegetation. Despite a quantitative approach, the advanced mathematics and complex models common in modern remote sensing literature is demystified through clear explanations that emphasise the key underlying principles, and the core physical aspects are explained in the biological context of vegetation and its adaptation to its specific environment. Various techniques and instruments are addressed, making this a valuable source of reference, and the advantages and disadvantages of these are further illustrated through worked examples and case studies. · Rigorous physical and mathematical principles presented in a way readily understood by those without a strong mathematical background · Boxes throughout summarize key information and concepts · The student is directed to carefully chosen further reading articles, allowing them to explore key topics in more detail Online Resource Centre The Online Resource Centre to accompany Remote Sensing of Vegetation features: For Students: · Links to useful websites For lecturers: · Figures from the book in electronic format, ready to download
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Jones and Vaughan have produced a very useful contribution to the remote sensing literature. The authors combine the theoretical underpinnings of the techniques introduced, with very useful material applied remote sensing. Despite a focus on vegetation I found the book to be of a wider interest. The chapter on "Sampling, error, and scaling" for example would be useful to any undergraduate, and many post-graduates, embarking on project or thesis work with a remote sensing element. The book is clearly aimed at undergraduates and is well written and has some very good graphics. I would not hesitate to recommend the book as an undergraduate text.
[R.A. Vaughan was one of my Ph.D supervisors]
[R.A. Vaughan was one of my Ph.D supervisors]
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This publication is very comprehensive and covers a lot of material. As such it takes quite a lot of time and work to explore its many facets. Having only recently purchased the book I still have a lot to explore in it. At this early stage it appears to be the most comprehensive and well organised publication on remote sensing of vegetation on the market. It is also well organised, easy to navigate and well written. It reflects the committment of the authors to an excellent scholarly publication.
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