With the increasing access to various types of remotely sensed and ancillary spatial data, there is a growing demand for an independent source of reliable ground data to systematically support information extraction for gaining an understanding of earth systems. Conventionally maps, ad-hoc sample campaigns or exclusively remotely sensed data are used but these approaches are not well suited for...

YUAN, HUI. Development and Evaluation of Advanced Classification Systems using Remotely Sensed Data for Accurate Land-Use/Land-Cover Mapping. (Under the direction of Dr. Siamak Khorram.) Our general objective in this research was to design, develop, implement, and evaluate advanced classification approaches for more accurate land-use/land-cover mapping using remotely sensed data. The overall re...

An overview of the commonly applied evapotranspiration (ET) models using remotely sensed data is given to provide insight into the estimation of ET on a regional scale from satellite data. Generally, these models vary greatly in inputs, main assumptions and accuracy of results, etc. Besides the generally used remotely sensed multi-spectral data from visible to thermal infrared bands, most remot...

Interpreting remotely sensed data typically requires expensive specialized computing machinery capable of stor ing and manipulating large amounts of data quickly In this paper we present a method for accurately analyzing and categorizing remotely sensed data on much smaller less expensive platforms Data size is reduced in such a way as to retain the integrity of the original data where the form...