Remote Sensing Handbook, Volume III

Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, Senior Scientist (ST), United States Geological Survey (USGS), is a world-recognized expert in remote sensing science with major contributions in the field for nearly 40 years. He has made the list of the world’s top 1% of scientists across 22 scientific fields and 176 sub-fields. Dr. Thenkabail has conducted pioneering research in hyperspectral remote sensing of vegetation, global croplands, and their water use for food security. He obtained his PhD from the Ohio State University in 1992 and has 168 peer-reviewed publications including 15 books, including this six-volume set, and over 15 major data releases such as the Landsat-derived global cropland extent product @ 30m and Landsat-derived rainfed and irrigated cropland area product @ 30 m (LGRIP30). He was recognized as a Fellow of the American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS) in 2023. His scientific papers have won several awards for demonstrating world-class, highest-quality research. He was a Landsat Science Team Member (2007-2011).

Part I: Vegetation and Biomass. 1. Measuring Photosynthesis Productivity from Space. 2. Remote Sensing of Solar-Induced Chlorophyll Fluorescence. 3. Canopy Biophysical Variables Retrieval from the Inversion of Reflectance Models. 4. Agricultural Crop Biophysical and Biochemical Quantity Retrievals using Remote Sensing with Multi-Sensor. 5. Agriculture. Part II: Agricultural Croplands. 6. Agricultural Systems Studies using Remote Sensing. 7. Global Food Security Support Analysis Data (GFSAD) at Nominal 1-km derived from Remote Sensing in Support of Food Security in the Twenty-first Century: Current Achievements and Future Possibilities. 8. Remote Sensing for Precision Agriculture. 9. Remote Sensing of Tillage Status. Part III: Rangelands. 10. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Terrestrial Applications. 11. A Global View of Remote Sensing of Rangelands: Evolution, Applications, Future Pathways. 12. Remote Sensing of Rangeland Biodiversity. Part IV: Phenology and Food Security. 13. Characterization, Mapping, and Monitoring of Rangelands: Methods and Approaches. Part V: Soils. 14. Global Land Surface Phenology and Implications for Food Security. 15. Spectral Sensing from Ground to Space in Soil Science: State of the Art, Applications, Potential and Perspectives. 16. Remote Sensing of Soil in the Optical Domains. Part VI: Summary and Synthesis for Volume III. 17. Remote Sensing Handbook, Vol III: Agriculture, Food Security, Rangelands, Vegetation, Phenology, and Soils.