Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation

Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail has more than 25 years experience working as a well recognized international expert in remote sensing and geographic information systems and their applications to agriculture, natural resource management, water resources, sustainable development, and environmental studies. His work experience spans over 25 countries spread across West and Central Africa, Southern Africa, South Asia, Southeast Asia, the Middle East, East Asia, Central Asia, North America, South America, and the Pacific. Dr. Thenkabail has a wealth of work experience in premier global institutes, holding key lead research positions. He is a member of the Landsat Science Team (2007-2011) and is on the editorial boards of two remote sensing journals, Remote Sensing of Environment and Journal of Remote Sensing. He led the global irrigated area mapping (GIAM) project and the global mapping of rainfed croplands (GMRCA) project, and has conducted pioneering work in hyperspectral remote sensing. Currently, he is a research geographer at the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) and a coordinator of the Committee for Earth Observation Systems (CEOS) Agriculture Societal Beneficial Area (SBA). He co-leads an IEEE Water for the World Project and is an active participant in Group on Earth Observations (GEO) and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems (GEOSS) and CEOS activities. Dr. Thenkabail has more than 80 publications, mostly peer-reviewed and published in major international remote sensing journals. He is the chief editor of two pioneering books, Remote Sensing of Global Croplands for Food Security (2009) and Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation (2011). Dr. John G. Lyon’s research has involved advanced remote sensing and GIS applications to water and wetland resources, agriculture, natural resources, and engineering applications. He is the author of books on wetland landscape characterization, wetland and environmental applications of GIS, and accuracy assessment of GIS and remote sensing technologies. Lyon currently serves as a senior scientist (ST) in the EPA Office of the Science Advisor in Washington, District of Columbia, and is co-lead for work on the Group on Earth Observations and the Global Earth Observation System of Systems, and research on geospatial issues in the agency. Dr. Alfredo Huete is currently a professor in the Faculty of Science, Plant Functional Biology and Climate Change Cluster, at the University of Technology Sydney, Australia. Dr. Huete’s research interests focus on understanding large-scale soil–vegetation–climate interactions, processes, and changes with remotely sensed measurements from satellites. He is also involved with field-based and tower optical instrumentation in support of remote sensing studies coupling satellite observations with eddy covariance tower flux measurements. He has done extensive research in the phenology of tropical rain forests and savannas in the Amazon and Southeast Asia and has over 100 research publications in peer-reviewed journals, a book, and more than 20 chapter contributions.

Introduction and Overview


Advances in Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Agricultural Croplands,
Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon, and Alfredo Huete


Hyperspectral Sensor Systems


Hyperspectral Sensor Characteristics: Airborne, Spaceborne, Hand-Held, and Truck-Mounted; Integration of Hyperspectral Data with LIDAR
Fred Ortenberg


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing in Global Change Studies
Jiaguo Qi, Yoshio Inoue, and Narumon Wiangwang


Data Mining, Algorithms, Indices


Hyperspectral Data Mining
Sreekala G. Bajwa and Subodh S. Kulkarni


Hyperspectral Data Processing Algorithms
Antonio Plaza, Javier Plaza, Gabriel Martín, and Sergio Sánchez


Leaf and Plant Biophysical and Biochemical Properties


Nondestructive Estimation of Foliar Pigment (Chlorophylls, Carotenoids, and Anthocyanins) Contents: Evaluating a Semianalytical Three-Band Model
Anatoly A. Gitelson


Forest Leaf Chlorophyll Study Using Hyperspectral Remote Sensing
Yongqin Zhang


Estimating Leaf Nitrogen Concentration (LNC) of Cereal Crops with Hyperspectral Data
Yan Zhu, Wei Wang, and Xia Yao


Characterization on Pastures Using Field and Imaging Spectrometers
Izaya Numata


Optical Remote Sensing of Vegetation Water Content
Colombo Roberto, Busetto Lorenzo, Meroni Michele, Rossini Micol, and Panigada Cinzia


Estimation of Nitrogen Content in Crops and Pastures Using Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices
Daniela Stroppiana, F. Fava, M. Boschetti, and P.A. Brivio


Vegetation Biophysical Properties


Spectral Bioindicators of Photosynthetic Efficiency and Vegetation Stress
Elizabeth M. Middleton, K. Fred Huemmrich, Yen-Ben Cheng, and Hank A. Margolis


Spectral and Spatial Methods for Hyperspectral Image Analysis for Estimation of Biophysical and Biochemical Properties of Agricultural Crops
Victor Alchanatis and Yafit Cohen


Hyperspectral Vegetation Indices
Dar A. Roberts, Keely L. Roth, and Ryan L. Perroy


Remote Sensing Estimation of Crop Biophysical Characteristics at Various Scales
Anatoly A. Gitelson


Vegetation Processes and Function (ET, Water Use, GPP, LUE, Phenology)


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing Tools for Quantifying Plant Litter and Invasive Species in Arid Ecosystems
Pamela Lynn Nagler, B.B. Maruthi Sridhar, Aaryn Dyami Olsson, Willem J.D. van Leeuwen, and Edward P. Glenn


Species Identification


Crop Type Discrimination Using Hyperspectral Data
Lênio Soares Galvão, José Carlos Neves Epiphanio, Fábio Marcelo Breunig, and Antônio Roberto Formaggio


Identification of Canopy Species in Tropical Forests Using Hyperspectral Data
Matthew L. Clark


Detecting and Mapping Invasive Plant Species by Using Hyperspectral Data
Ruiliang Pu


Land Cover Applications


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing for Forest Management
Valerie Thomas


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Wetland Vegetation
Elijah Ramsey III and Amina Rangoonwala


Characterization of Soil Properties Using Reflectance Spectroscopy
E. Ben-Dor


Detecting Crop Management, Plant Stress, and Disease


Analysis of the Effects of Heavy Metals on Vegetation Hyperspectral Reflectance Properties
E. Terrence Slonecker


Hyperspectral Narrowbands and Their Indices on Assessing Nitrogen Contents of Cotton Crop Applications
Jianlong Li, Cherry Li, Dehua Zhao, and Chengcheng Gang


Using Hyperspectral Data in Precision Farming Applications
Haibo Yao, Lie Tang, Lei Tian, Robert L. Brown, Deepak Bhatnagar, and Thomas E. Cleveland


Hyperspectral Data in Global Change Studies


Hyperspectral Data in Long-Term, Cross-Sensor Continuity Studies
Tomoaki Miura and Hiroki Yoshioka


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Outer Planets


Hyperspectral Analysis of Rocky Surfaces on the Earth and Other Planetary Bodies
R. Greg Vaughan, Timothy N. Titus, Jeffery R. Johnson, Justin J. Hagerty, Lisa R. Gaddis, Laurence A. Soderblom, and Paul E. Geissler


Conclusions and Way Forward


Hyperspectral Remote Sensing of Vegetation and Agricultural Crops: Knowledge Gain and Knowledge Gap After 40 Years of Research
Prasad S. Thenkabail, John G. Lyon, and Alfredo Huete


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