Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors |
 enlarge | Author: Herbert J. Kramer
Publisher: Springer
Category: Book
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Avg. Customer Rating:  2 reviews
Sales Rank: 1413028
Media: Hardcover
Edition: 4th
Number Of Items: 1
Pages: 1510
Shipping Weight (lbs): 5.3
Dimensions (in): 9.5 x 6.5 x 2.4
ISBN: 3540423885
Dewey Decimal Number: 550.28
EAN: 9783540423881
ASIN: 3540423885
Publication Date: December 12, 2001
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Product Description
This book is about spaceborne missions and instruments. In addition, surveys of airborne missions and of campaigns can be found on the accompanying CD-ROM in pdf-format. Compared with the 3rd edition the spaceborne part grew from about 300 to 1000 pages. The complete text - including the electronic-only chapters - contains more than 1900 pages. New chapters treat the history of Earth observation and university missions. The number of commercial Earth imaging missions has grown significantly. A chapter contains reference data and definitions. Extensive appendices provide a comprehensive glossary, acronyms and abbreviations and an index of sensors. An effort has been made to present the information in context, to point out relationships and interconnections. The book may serve as a reference and guide to all involved in the various national and international space programs: researchers and managers, service providers and data users, teachers and students.
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 Very comprehensive list of satellites and sensors October 10, 2008
This book provides an impressively comprehensive list of current and historical earth observation satellites and sensors (including satellite-based radionavigation systems and selected space shuttle missions), and the included CD ROM provides an additional list of airborne sensors. Most satellites and sensors are described by a short text followed by a comprehensive list of technical details, such as orbit parameters, instrument parameters, power consumption, mission duration, etc. There are 522 figures and 857 tables. Appendices include a general glossary and a list of acronyms and abbreviations. If you need some technical information on any earth observation satellite or sensor, you will find it in this book. The only shortcoming of this 4th edition is its release date in 2001/2002 - some of the latest satellite missions are not listed at all or listed with outdated design specifications (example: TerraSAR-X). I hope the authors will continue to update this great book.
 Observation of the Earth and Its Environment: Survey of Missions and Sensors November 23, 2007
1 out of 1 found this review helpful
It is a very comprehensive review on technology and sensors exploited in the field. Personally I think it's a bit lacking in the analysis of methodologies used to extract relevant information from sensors' measures.
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