Section I. Hydrology and Water Resources. Remote sensing technologies for multiscale hydrological studies: advances and perspectives / Sadiq I. Khan [and four others] -- Groundwater targeting using remote sensing / Santhosh Kumar Seelan --Section II. Water Use and Water roductivity. Remote sensing of actual evapotranspiration from croplands / Trent W. Biggs [and six others] --Water productivity studies from arth observation data: characterization, modeling, and mapping water use and water productivity / Antônio de C. Teixeira [and eight others] -Section III. Floods. Flood monitoring using the integration of remote sensing and complementary techniques / Allan S. Arnesen [and three Others] --Flood studies using synthetic aperture radar data / Sandro Martinis [and two others] -- Section IV. Wetlands. Remote sensing of angrove wetlands / Chandra Giri -- Wetland mapping methods and techniques using multisensor, multiresolution remote sensing: successes and challenges / D.R. Mishra [and four others] -- Inland valley wetland cultivation and preservation for Africa's Green and Blue Revolutions / Murali Krishna Gumma [and four others] -- Section V. Snow and Ice. Remote sensing mapping and modeling of snow cover parameters and applications / Hongjie Xie [and three others] -- Section VI. Nightlights. Nighttime light remote sensing: monitoring human societies from outer space / Qingling Zhang [and three others] -- Section VII. Geomorphology. Geomorphological studies from remote sensing / James B. Campbell [and one other] -- Section VIII. Droughts and Drylands. Agricultural drought detection and monitoring using vegetation health methods / Felix Kogan [and one other] -- Agricultural drought monitoring using space-derived vegetation and biophysical products: a global perspective / Relix Rembold [and five others] -- Remote sensing of drought: emergence of a satellite-based monitoring toolkit / Brian Wardlow [and five others] -- Regional drought monitoring based on multisensor remote sensing / Jinyoung Rhee [and two others] -- Section IX. Disasters. Disasters: risk assessment, management, and post-disaster studies using remote sensing / Norman Kerle -- Humanitarian emergencies: causes, traits, and impacts as observed by remote sensing / Stefan Lang [and five others] -- Section X. Volcanoes. Remote sensing of volcanoes / Robert Wright -- Section XI. Fires. Satellite-derived nitrogen dioxide variations from biomass burning in a subtropical evergreen forest, northeast India / Krishna Prasad Vadrevu [and one other] --Remote sensing-based mapping and monitoring of coal fires / Anupma Prakash [and one other] -- Section XII. Urban Areas. Urban growth mapping of mega cities: multisensor approach / Hasi Bagan [and one other] --Latest high-resolution remote sensing and visibility analysis for smart environment design / Yoshiki Yamagata [and two others] -- Section XIII. Summary. Remote sensing of water resources, disasters, and urban areas: monitoring, modeling, and mapping advances over the last 50 years and a vision of the future / Prasad S. Thenkabail.

A volume in the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook series, Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies documents the scientific and methodological advances that have taken place during the last 50 years. The other two volumes in the series are Remotely Sensed Data Characterization, Classification, and Accuracies, and Land Resources Monitoring, Modeling, and Mapping with Remote Sensing. In true handbook style, this volume demonstrates in-depth, extensive and comprehensive coverage of Remote Sensing of Water Resources, Disasters, and Urban Studies. The book provides fundamental as well as practical knowledge of remote sensing of myriad topics pertaining to water resources, disasters, and urban areas such as hydrology, water resources, water use, water productivity, floods, wetlands, snow and ice, nightlights, geomorphology, droughts and drylands, disasters, volcanoes, fire, and smart cities. Highlights include: Hydrological studies, groundwater studies, flood studies, and crop water use and water productivity studies ; Wetland modeling, mapping, and characterization ; Snow and ice studies ; Drought and dryland monitoring and mapping methods ; Volcanoes, coal fires, and greenhouse gas emissions ; Urban remote sensing for disaster risk management ; Remote sensing for the design of smart cities ; Considered magnum opus on the subject, the three-volume Remote Sensing Handbook is edited by Dr. Prasad S. Thenkabail, an internationally acclaimed scientist in remote sensing, GIScience, and spatial sciences. The volume has contributions from pioneering remote sensing global experts on specific topics. The volume gives you a knowledge base on each of the above mentioned topics, a deep understanding the evolution remote sensing science, and familiarity with state-of-the-art of technology as well as a future vision for the fiel