James B.Campbell, is Professor of Geography at Virginia Tech, where he teaches remote sensing, quantitative methods and geomorphology. He has worked closely with students and faculty in related fields such as forestry, geology, agronomy, environmental sciences and planning. Since 1997 he has served as codirector of Virginia Tech's centre for Environmental Analysis of Remote Sensing (CEARS). The author of numerous technical articles and several books, Dr. Campbell received the Outstanding Service Award of the American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing in 1994 and its fellow award in 1996. In 1997 the received the Outstanding Service Medal awarded by the Remote Sensing Speciality Group of the Association of American Geographers. Dr. Campbell's research has been sponsored by numerous academic, governmental, and private organisations, including NASA, the National Science Foundation, and the United States Geological Survey.

Part I: Foundations 1. History and Scope of Remote Sensing 2. Electromagnentic Radiation Part II: Image Acquisition 3. Photographic Sensors 4. Digital Data 5. Image Interpretation 6. Land Observation Satellites 7. Active Microwave 8. Lidar 9. Thermal Radiation 10. Image Resolution Part III: Analysis 11. Preprocessing 12. Image Classification 13. Field Data 14. Accuracy Assessment 15. Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Part IV: Applications 16. Remote Sensing and Geographic Information Systems 17. Plant Sciences 18. Earth Sciences 19. Hydrospheric Sciences 20. Land Use and Land Cover 21. Global Remote Sensing Conclusion: the Outlook for the Field of Remote Sensing