Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: Nasa's Earth Observing System and the Science of Aster and Modis (Paperback, Softcover Repri)

Prologue.- Acknowledgements.- Part I: The Earth Observing System and the Evolution of ASTER and MODIS.- Evolution of NASA's Earth Observing System (EOS) and Development of the Moderate-resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and the Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) Instruments.- Philosophy and Architecture of the EOS Data and Information System (EOSDIS) .- Lessons Learned from the EOSDIS Engineering Experience.- Part II: ASTER and MODIS: Instrument Design, Radiometry and Geometry.- Terra ASTER Instrument Design and Geometry.- ASTER VNIR and SWIR Radiometric Calibration and Atmospheric Correction.- ASTER TIR Radiometric Calibration and Atmospheric Correction.- Terra and Aqua MODIS Design, Radiometry and Geometry in Support of Land Remote Sensing.- Part III: ASTER and MODIS: Data Systems.- ASTER and MODIS Land Data Management at the Land Processes and National Snow and Ice Data Centers.- An Overview of the EOS Data Distribution Systems.- The Language of EOS Data: Hierarchical Data Format.- Part IV: ASTER Science and Applications.- The ASTER Data System: An Overview of the Data Products in Japan and US.- ASTER Applications in Volcanology.- Issues affecting geological mapping with ASTER Data: A Case Study of the Mt Fitton Area, South Australia.- ASTER Data Use in Mining Applications.- ASTER Imaging and Analysis of Glacier Hazards.- ASTER Application in Urban Heat Balance Analysis: A Case Study of Nagoya.- Monitoring Urban Change with ASTER Data.- Estimation of methane emission from west Siberian lowland with sub-pixel land cover characterization between MODIS and ASTER.- ASTER Stereoscopic Data and Digital Elevation Models.- Using ASTER Stereo Images to Quantify Surface Roughness.- Technoscientific Diplomacy: The Practice of International Politics in the ASTER Collaboration.- Part V: MODIS Science and Applications.- MODIS Land Data Products: Generation, Quality Assurance and Validation.- MODIS Directional Surface Reflectance Product: Method, Error Estimates and Validation.- Aqua and Terra MODIS Albedo and Reflectance Anisotropy Products.- MODIS Land Surface Temperature and Emissivity.- MODIS Vegetation Indices.- Leaf Area Index and Fraction of Absorbed PAR Products from Terra and Aqua MODIS Sensors: Analysis, Validation and Refinement.- MODIS-Derived Terrestrial Primary Production.- MODIS-Derived Global Fire Products.- MODIS Snow and Ice Products, and their Assessment and Applications.- Characterizing Global Land Cover Type and Seasonal Land Cover Dynamics at Moderate Spatial Resolution Using MODIS.- MODIS Vegetative Cover Conversion and Vegetation Continuous Fields.- Multi-Sensor Global Retrievals of Evapotranspiration for Climate Studies Using the Surface Energy Budget System.- Part VI: The Future of Land Remote Sensing.- The Evolution of U.S. Moderate Resolution Optical Land Remote Sensing from AVHRR to VIIRS.- The Future of Landsat-Class Remote Sensing.- International Coordination of Satellite Land Observations: Integrated Observations of the Land.- Index.