Remote Sensing is perhaps the field for which I have found the largest volume of resources throughout the WEB. Personally, I think that for practical and engineering applications the amount of free information available may fulfill the expectations at an introductory stage.
1. Remote Sensing Tutorials for practical quantitative applications.
There are several tutorials that one may find useful. Some put more emphasis on the physical principles behind the science, but others present a simplified vision. The latter may be more appropriate for those engineers who have very limited knowledge on remote sensing principles, but need to use the capabilities of satellite imagery for a rapid quantitative assessment.
- Remote sensing tutorials from the Canada Centre for Remote Sensing. Perhaps the clearest introduction to remote sensing principles that I found over the WEB. The tutorials are downloadable (which is strongly advised) (update: pdfs are damaged). You may try first the fundamentals of remote sensing part, after which you will clearly understand what are remote sensing techniques based on. Impossible not to understand them.
- Remote Sensing resources, from the Bioinformatics Information Facility at the American Museum of Natural History's Center for Biodiversity and Conservation. Provides well organized resources on remote sensing, from:
- a list of tutorials, and general guides.
- data sources,
- recommendations on which software should be used to view and analyze data, etc.
- Principles of Remote Sensing (2001), from the Centre for Remote Imaging, Sensing and Processing (CRISP), National University of Singapore. A well developed tutorial, just as clear as the reference above, with some more information on microwave remote sensing. Try the appendix for an always useful summary on the characteristics of the remote sensing platforms and sensors in service in 2001. The material is not available in pdf format.
- Remote Sensing course, by Delio Tortosa (Canada). As the name says, it is the material of lecture on remote sensing provided by an experienced lecturer who covers most topics related to the principles, use and applications of this technique. The contents may not be as elaborated as the two former links provided, nevertheless the contents is quite interesting. The material is not available in pdf.
- Dr. Nicholas Short's Remote Sensing Tutorial. Wide contents on basics and general applications of remote sensing and image processing. I have not gone through all; I prefer to go through it whenever I want something I do not find in the previous links.
- Quantitative remote sensing of land surfaces. This a book that may be useful, however it has some errors in some equations. Please check the link provided for details.
- Several resources at the European Landmap.
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