Reflecting the dramatic changes in the field due to global climate change, economic development, and population growth, this book presents an integrated, quantitative, systems-level method of remote sensing that is essential for tracking down the dynamics of coupled natural and human systems. It provides systematic coverage of water quality monitoring, air quality monitoring, and land-use patterns and degradation, from the urban to the global scale. Focusing on applications to enhance field-oriented problem solving, it explores new methods and techniques to demonstrate state-of-the-art accomplishments and future trends in remote sensing.

Linkages between Environmental Remote Sensing and Systems Analysis. Water Quality Monitoring, Watershed Development, and Coastal Management: Using Remote Sensing¿Based Carlson Index Mapping to Assess Hurricane and Drought Effects on Lake Trophic State. Mapping Potential Annual Pollutant Loads in River Basins Using Remotely Sensed Imagery. Identifying the Impact of Oil Spills with the Remote Sensing¿ Based Oil Spread Index Method. Remote Sensing to Predict Estuarine Water Salinity. Multitemporal Remote Sensing of Coastal Sediment Dynamics. Estimating Total Phosphorus Impacts in a Coastal Bay with Remote Sensing Images and In Situ Measurements. Monitoring and Mapping of Flood Plumes in the Great Barrier Reef Based on In Situ and Remote Sensing Observations. Sensing and Monitoring for Land Use Patterns, Reclamation, and Degradation: Satellite Remote Sensing for Landslide Prediction. Analysis of Impervious Surface and Suburban Form Using High Spatial Resolution Satellite Imagery. Use of InSAR for Monitoring Land Subsidence in Mashhad Subbasin, Iran. Remote Sensing Assessment of Coastal Land Reclamation Impact in Dalian, China, Using High-Resolution SPOT Images and Support Vector Machine. Mapping Impervious Surface Distribution with the Integration of Landsat TM and QuickBird Images in a Complex Urban¿ Rural Frontier in Brazil. Air Quality Monitoring, Land Use/Land Cover Changes, and Environmental Health Concern: Using Lidar to Characterize Particles from Point and Diffuse Sources in an Agricultural Field. Measurement of Aerosol Properties over Urban Environments from Satellite Remote Sensing. DOAS Technique: Emission Measurements in Urban and Industrial Regions. Interactions between Ultraviolet-B and Total Ozone Concentrations in the Continental United States. Remote Sensing of Asian Dust Storms. Forest Fire and Air Quality Monitoring from Space. Satellite Remote Sensing of Global Air Quality.