CRC Press Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content

Integrating decades of research conducted by leading scientists in the field, Remote Sensing of Energy Fluxes and Soil Moisture Content provides an overview of state-of-the-art methods and modeling techniques employed for deriving spatio-temporal estimates of energy fluxes and soil surface moisture from remote sensing. It also underscores the range of such techniques available nowadays as well as the operationally distributed networks that provide today in-situ validated relevant observations. The book brings together three types of articles: Comprehensive reviews that examine the developments in concepts, methods, and techniques employed in deriving land surface heat fluxes as well as soil surface moisture on field, regional, and large scales, paying particular emphasis to the techniques exploiting Earth Observation (EO) technology Detailed insights into the principles and operation of the most widely applied approaches for the quantification and analysis of surface fluxes and soil moisture with case studies that directly show the great applicability of remote sensing in this field, or articles discussing specific issues in the retrievals of those parameters from space Focused articles integrating current knowledge and scientific understanding in the remote sensing of energy fluxes and soil moisture, that are highlighting the main issues, challenges, and future prospects of this emerging technology. Designed with different users in mind, the book is organized in four more or less independent units that make specific information easy to find. It presents a discussion on the future trends and prospects, underlying the scientific challenges that need to be addressed adequately in order to derive more accurate estimates of those parameters from space. Review "… Dr. Petropoulos has successfully brought together various chapters written by domain experts on the very challenging topic of ‘remote sensing based soil moisture measurement’, and structured the book in a smart and easy to read fashion. … This book is a visual example of how remote sensing is changing the perception about global monitoring systems, in particular future generations of precision agriculture."―Journal of Spatial Science, January 2016 "The book by George Petropoulos is an outstanding compendium of remote sensing methods for the study of the land surface energy balance. It covers the physical principles of turbulent heat fluxes between land and atmosphere, the physical basis of remote sensing of the land surface and the interfaces between models and data. It provides an invaluable resource for students at undergraduate and postgraduate level but also postdoctoral and academic researchers with relevant research interests. I personally like the emphasis on the importance of spatio-temporal scales in the study of land surface processes, which is sometimes overlooked in similar works. ... Throughout the book, particular attention is paid to the importance of soil moisture dynamics for the latent and sensible heat fluxes. Remote sensing can contribute a lot to an improved understanding of these processes."―Prof. Heiko Balzter, Director of the Centre for Landscape and Climate Research; Holder of the Royal Society Wolfson Research Merit Award; Principal Investigator of GIONET, European Centre of Excellence in Earth Observation Research Training University of Leicester, UK "George P. Petropoulos compiles the state of the art methods and modeling techniques in addressing the remote sensing observations of energy fluxes and soil moisture contents. The book encompasses a wide range of case studies putting together the recent developments and approaches in deriving the energy budgets by satellite technology. Its breadth and scope, the variety of data explored, and the rigorous analysis will provoke the readers to seek and explore various dimensions of the scientific method. Eventually, a well edited book with comprehensive theory and