Preface

This Edited Volume is a collection of reviewed and relevant research chapters, concerning the developments within the Remote Sensing. The book includes scholarly contributions by various authors and edited by a group of experts pertinent to this subject field. Each contribution comes as a separate chapter complete in itself but directly related to the book's topics and objectives.

Chapters included in this book are:

"Lidar Observations in South America. Part I - Mesosphere and Stratosphere"

"Lidar Observations in South America. Part II - Troposphere"

"Application of Remote Sensing in Natural Sciences"

"Assessment of Ecological Disturbance Caused by Flood and Fire in Assam Forests, India, Using MODIS Time Series Data of 2001-2011"

"Delineation of Open-Pit Mining Boundaries on Multispectral Imagery"

"Stereoscopic Precision of the Large Format Digital Cameras"

"Remote Sensing Applications in Disease Mapping"

The target audience comprises scholars and specialists in the field.

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