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With an introduction to remote sensing in Chap. 1, we will now move on to the sensors and the major earth observing systems providing the spectral measurements that enable us deriving information on natural resources and environment. As discussed in Chap. 1, a remote sensing system consists mainly of instrumentation/sensor, and processing, and analysis/interpretation designed to measure, monitor, and predict the physical, chemical, and biological aspects of the Earth’s system.
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Dwivedi, R.S. (2017). Earth Observation Systems. In: Remote Sensing of Soils. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-53740-4_2
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