FIELD METHODS IN REMOTE SENSING
CONTENTS CONTENTS CONTENTS 1 PROBLEMS AND OBJECTIVES IN REMOTE SENSING FIELD WORK PROBLEMS ENCOUNTERED IN FIELD WORK / DEFINING OBJECTIVES / PLANNING FIELD WORK BASED ON OBJECTIVES STATEMENT / 2 SAMPLING IN THE FIELD SAMPLING FROM AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS OR THEMATIC MAPS / TIMING OF OBSERVATIONS / SAMPLING PATTERNS / COMMENTS ON SAMPLING PRACTICALITIES / NUMBER OF SAMPLES / SIZE OF SAMPLE SITES / WHERE TO BEGIN MEASUREMENTS / 3 FINDING LOCATIONS IN THE FIELD OVERVIEW OF LOCATION-FINDING USING GPS / PREPARATION FOR GPS FIELD WORK / PROCEDURES IN THE FIELD WITH GPS / 4 FIELD SPECTROSCOPY FUNDAMENTALS OF REFLECTANCE / USES OF FIELD SPECTRA IN IMAGE ANALYSIS / ASSUMPTIONS WHEN MEASURING REFLECTANCE SPECTRA / FIELD PROCEDURES FOR MEASURING REFLECTANCE SPECTRA / USE OF ARTIFICIAL ILLUMINATION / FIELD NOTES FOR SPECTRAL SURVEYS / 5 COLLECTING THEMATIC DATA IN THE FIELD PRELIMINARY PREPARATION / REFERENCE INFORMATION / TYPES OF FIELD WORK / FIELD WORK TASKS / SELECTION OF PHYSICAL FEATURES FOR OBSERVATION OR MEASUREMENT / MEASUREMENT PROCEDURES IN THE FIELD / MEASUREMENT ERROR / NOTE TAKING IN THE FIELD / FIELD PREPARATION CHECKLIST / 6 MEASUREMENT OF VEGETATION SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF VEGETATION / WHICH BIOPHYSICAL FEATURES TO MEASURE / TIMING OF MEASUREMENTS / STANDARDIZATION OF MAPPING METHODS / GENERAL METHODS OF MEASURING VEGETATION / SELECTING A MEASUREMENT METHOD / 7 SOIL AND OTHER SURFACE MATERIALS SPECTRAL RESPONSES OF EARTH MATERIALS / WHAT SOIL FEATURES TO MEASURE / FIELD ESTIMATES OF SOIL CHARACTERISTICS / SOIL MAPPING / LOCATIONS OF SOIL SAMPLE SITES / 8 WATER BODIES AND SNOW COVER SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF WATER / WHAT CAN BE DETECTED, MEASURED, AND MAPPED IN WATER? / TIMING OF WATER MEASUREMENTS / FIELD MEASUREMENTS / SPECTRAL RESPONSE OF SNOW / DESCRIPTION OF SNOW COVER / MEASUREMENT OF SNOW COVER / 9 APPLYING CONCEPTS OF FIELD WORK TO URBAN PROJECTS PROJECT OBJECTIVES / SPECTRAL RESPONSE IN URBAN AREAS / AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS / CONTENTS URBAN LAND USE / URBAN SOCIOECONOMIC STUDIES / URBAN HYDROLOGY /