The shadow-height method has been extensively used to extract the heights of buildings from shadows they cast in non-stereo (single view) aerial and satellite imagery. However, use this Earth sciences limited, partially due relatively low accuracy reported, fuzziness shadow edges, complexities scanning sensors, a lack software tools. In paper, we present an enhanced methodology offering signifi...

Due to the limitation in spatial and spectral resolution, a few numbers of satellite data are applicable in field scale surface Albedo modeling. ASTER was an alternative for surface energy balance modeling, but since April 2008, shortwave detector has stopped recording due to the high-abnormal-temperature problem. Beside, temporal resolution of ASTER is insufficient for field-scale monitoring o...

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Good Practice Guidance (IPCC GPG) (IPCC 2003), remote sensing methods are especially suitable for independent verifying the national Land Use, Land-Use Change, and Forestry (LULUCF) carbon pool estimates, especially the aboveground biomass. In the present study, we demonstrate the potential to integrate standwise inventory data, ASTER a...

Determining the location and orientation of vehicles in satellite and airborne imagery is a challenging task given the density of cars and other vehicles as well as the complexity of the environment in urban regions around the world. We describe an accurate and flexible method for detecting vehicles using a template-based directional chamfer matching approach, and vehicle orientation estimation...

In the present study Satellite Image Processing (SIP) technique is applied on ASTER (Advance Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer) satellite image. A comprehensive spectral library of rice crop varieties: Hybrid-6129 (IET 18815), Pant Dhan-19 (IET 17544), Pusa Basmati-1 (IET-18990) and Pant Dhan-18 (IET-17920) has been developed with Blue (0.56 nm), Red (0.66 nm) and NIR (0.81 ...

The proliferation of nuclear weapons poses great threat to international peace and security. How to strengthen the non-proliferation regime has become a central question. In May 1997, the IAEA Board of Governors adopted the Additional Safeguards Protocol to improve its ability to detect the undeclared production of fissile material. This new strengthened safeguards system has opened the door fo...

Thermal imagery is widely used to quantify land surface temperatures to monitor the spatial extent and thermal intensity of the urban heat island (UHI) effect. Previous research has applied Landsat images, Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission and Reflection Radiometer (ASTER) images, Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) images, and other coarseto medium-resolution remotely sens...

Using snakes to extract buildings from satellite imagery such as IKONOS and Quickbird is an active activity in remote sensing society. Building extraction from satellite imagery has more than 20 years of history but the automated extractions are still undergoing developmental stages due to increasing image variation, required level of details and higher resolution imagery are acquired. This pap...

Study of the structural changes in the Popocatepetl volcano in Mexico related to microseismicity by applying the lineament analysis to the Aster (Terra) satellite data. Abstract Mexico is one of the most volcanically active regions in North America. Volcanic activity in central Mex-ico is associated with the subduction of the Cocos and Rivera plates beneath the North American plate. Periods of ...