Remote Sensing

Remote Sensing provides information on how remote sensing relates to the natural resources inventory, management, and monitoring, as well as environmental concerns. It explains the role of this new technology in current global challenges. "Remote Sen

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This Springer book is published in collaboration with the International Space University. At its central campus in Strasbourg, France, and at various locations around the world, the ISU provides graduate-level training to the future leaders of the global space community. The university offers a two-month Space Studies Program, a five-week Southern Hemisphere Program, a one-year Executive MBA and a one-year Masters program related to space science, space engineering, systems engineering, space policy and law, business and management, and space and society. These programs give international graduate students and young space professionals the opportunity to learn while solving complex problems in an intercultural environment. Since its founding in 1987, the International Space University has graduated more than 3,000 students from 100 countries, creating an international network of professionals and leaders. ISU faculty and lecturers from around the world have published hundreds of books and articles on space exploration, applications, science and development.

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Siamak Khorram Department of Environmental Science, Policy, and Management University of California Berkeley, CA 94720 USA and Center for Earth Observation North Carolina State University 5123 Jordan Hall 7106 Raleigh, NC 27695-7106 USA

Cynthia F. van der Wiele 715 Shepherd St. Durham, NC 27701 USA Stacy A. C. Nelson Center for Earth Observation North Carolina State University 5123 Jordan Hall 7106 Raleigh, NC 27695-7106 USA

Frank H. Koch Forestry Sciences Laboratory USDA Forest Service Southern Research Station 3041 E. Cornwallis Road Research Triangle Park, NC 27709 USA

ISSN 2191-8171 ISBN 978-1-4614-3102-2 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-3103-9

e-ISSN 2191-818X e-ISBN 978-1-4614-3103-9

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