This book illustrates advancements in the techniques of remote sensing in water and land. With the expansion of remote sensing and public access, monitoring of water and land objects has advanced. Satellites monitoring Earth aid pictorial, measurable, detailed, standardized, holistic and global examination of the condition of the Earth skin in a unique manner. The water monitoring topics presented in this all-inclusive book encompass remote sensing of open water bodies, wetlands, small lakes, snow depth and underwater seagrass as well as a number of different remote sensing techniques, platforms, and sensors. The primary Earth monitoring topics encompassed are disaster analysis post tsunami, geomorphology and land cover in arid climate. The book also includes advanced topics of remote sensing including earthquake visual monitoring, general overview of laser reflectometry in the atmosphere medium and atmosphere analysis with GNSS signals.
