Land surface remote sensing in agriculture and forest / edited by Nicolas Baghdadi, Mehrez Zribi.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Mapping of Primary Soil Properties Using Optical Visible and Near Infrared (Vis-NIR) Remote Sensing / Cécile Gomez and Phillipe Lagacherie. Introduction ; Spectral signatures of soils ; Estimation of soil properties from their spectral signatures ; Direct uses of estimation models ; Use of the Vis-NIR remote sensing products for digital soil mapping ; Perspectives ; Key points ; Bibliography --

Estimation of Biophysical Variables from Satellite Observations / Fred Baret. Introduction ; Definition of the canopy biophysical variables accessible from remote sensing observations ; Inversion methods of radiative transfer models ; Theoretical performances in estimating the different variables of interest ; How to manage the under-determined and ill-posed nature of the inverse problem ; Combination of methods and sensors to improve estimates ; Conclusion ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Land Cover Mapping from Optical Images / Jordi Inglada. Introduction ;

The input data ; Land cover map production approaches ; Use examples ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Contribution of Remote Sensing for Crop and Water Monitoring / Dominique Courault [and 6 others]. Introduction ; Indicators for crop monitoring ; Indicators of agricultural practices at the territory level ; Estimating water status and the water needs of crops using models ; Agricultural production quantification ; Some cases studies of environmental impacts of agriculture : spatial modeling of water, nitrogen and CO2 fluxes ; Precision agriculture ;

Results and prospects ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Contribution of Remote Sensing to Crop Monitoring in Tropical Zones / Pierre Todoroff and Jaco Kemp. Introduction : the case of tropical crops ; Crop mapping ; Yield prediction ; Harvest monitoring ; Conclusion and outlook ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Monitoring of Agricultural Landscapes Using Remote Sensing Data / Samuel Corgne, Laurence Hubert-Moy and Julie Betbeder. Introduction ; Identifying winter land cover within the framework of intensive agriculture ; Phenology monitoring and crop characterization from a series of radar images ; Prospects ;

Key points ; Bibliography -- Applications of Multispectral Optical Satellite Imaging in Forestry / Dominique Guyon and Nathalie Bréda. Introduction ; Specific key points of the forest cover ; Examples of application ; Prospects ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Characterization of Forests with LiDAR Technology / Adrien Michez [and 3 others]. Introduction ; The LiDAR technology ; LiDAR technology in forestry : platforms and applications ; Future of LiDAR technology in forestry? ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Forest Biomass From Radar Remote Sensing / Ludovic Villard [and 4 others]. Forest biomass at the global scale ; Quantifying forest biomass with radar remote sensing : physics and measurement techniques ; Biomass from SAR L band ; The BIOMASS mission : forest biomass with P-band SAR ; Summary and prospects ; Key points ; Bibliography -- Glossary.