{"product_id":"techniques-and-methods-in-urban-qihao-weng-9781118217733","title":"Techniques and Methods in Urban Remote Sensing","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAn authoritative guide to the essential techniques and most recent advances in urban remote sensing\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechniques and Methods in Urban Remote Sensing \u003c\/i\u003eoffers a comprehensive guide to the recent theories, methods, techniques, and applications in urban remote sensing. Written by a noted expert on the subject, this book explores the requirements for mapping impervious surfaces and examines the issue of scale. The book covers a range of topics and includes illustrative examples of commonly used methods for estimating and mapping urban impervious surfaces, explains how to determine urban thermal landscape and surface energy balance, and offers information on impacts of urbanization on land surface temperature, water quality, and environmental health.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eTechniques and Methods in Urban Remote Sensing \u003c\/i\u003ebrings together in one volume the latest opportunities for combining ever-increasing computational power, more plentiful and capable data, and more advanced algorithms. This allows the technologies of remote sensing and GIS to become mature and to gain wider and better applications in environments, ecosystems, resources, geosciences, geography and urban studies. This important book: \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eContains a comprehensive resource to the latest developments in urban remote sensing\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eExplains urban heat islands modeling and analysis\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes information on estimating urban surface energy fluxes\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eOffers a guide to generating data on land surface temperature\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e \u003cp\u003eWritten for professionals and students of environmental, ecological, civic and urban studies, \u003ci\u003eTechniques and Methods in Urban Remote Sensing \u003c\/i\u003emeets the demand for an updated resource that addresses the recent advances urban remote sensing. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Qihao Weng\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 111821773X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781118217733\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Wiley-IEEE Press\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/26\/2019\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 384\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.10w x 0.90d","brand":"Qihao Weng","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":48013879967999,"sku":"9781118217733","price":145.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_242d0d32-0eec-4445-8772-3586c845dcb6.jpg?v=1767745339","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/techniques-and-methods-in-urban-qihao-weng-9781118217733","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}