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The Table of Contents
* Introduction
* Foundations of Remote Sensing
o The Electromagnetic Spectrum
o Wave Phenomena Concepts
o Electromagnetic Waves
o Wave Descriptions
o The Particle Nature of Light
o Infrared Radiation
o Sources of Electromagnetic Radiation
* Aerial Photography
o Introduction
o Basic Elements of Air Photo Interpretation
o Advantages of Aerial Photography over Ground-Based Observation
o Types of Aerial Photography
o Basic Photogrammetry
o Applications of Aerial Photography
o Integration of Aerial Photography into GIS
* Digital Image Processing
o Sources of Digital Data
o Image Enhancement
o Data Classification
* Satellite Imaging
o Introduction
o Landsat
o SPOT
o NOAA satellites
o Applications of Satellite Imagery
o Integration of Satellite Imagery into GIS
* MSS, Thermal, and Hyperspectral Scanning
o Thermal Radiation Principles
o Multispectral Scanning
o Interpreting Thermal Scanning Imagery
o FLIR systems
o Imaging Spectrometry
* Radar (Microwave) Scanning
o SLAR
o LIDAR
o ERS Program
* Remote Sensing and GIS
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