About the Book: Advances in Geoscience and Remote Sensing
Remote sensing is the acquisition of information of an object or phenomenon, by
the use of either recording or real-time sensing device(s), that is not in
physical or intimate contact with the object (such as by way of aircraft,
spacecraft, satellite, buoy, or ship). In practice, remote sensing is the
stand-off collection through the use of a variety of devices for gathering
information on a given object or area.