Leaf Area Index (LA I) 140,141,162,176,
390
life history 121
line following algorithm 70
lineaments 319 pp.
local probabilities 148
logic assertions 343
logical rule 343
MAC 211
MAGS 453
management practice factor 279
map
complexity 72
overlay 65, 72
Marshall-Palmer relationship 113, 119
melt-freeze cycle 244
mesoscale numerical model 118
Meteosat 8, 11,76,88,223,229,334,360,
375,403,405,406,411,412,414,
453
microphysical model 118
microwave 15,16,27,114,115,123,123
pp., 124, 125, 128, 134,200 pp.,
244 pp., 255, 256, 281 (see also
"active microwave" and "passive
microwave")
microwave brightness temperature 74,
123,200
microwave radiometers 246
Mie theory 113
Mississippi River 91, 96, 298
MODIS 59,258,395,396,455
monitoring 77,78,271 pp., 332 pp., 385,
387,392,393
MONSOON 210,452
morphology 282, 335, 336
mountain front deposits 315
MSS 77,219,221,222,223,228,229,
230,242,274,278,280,308,310,
335,337,338,385,389,392,393,
425
multi-spectral video 221
multispectral 312, 322, 382
natural terrestrial gamma radiation 198
NDVI see "vegetation index"
near infrared (NIR) 9, 10, 31, 199,242,
244,291,298,308,383,387,390
NESDIS 248
Nile 3,229,230,334,392,414
Nimbus-7 233,250,252
NOAA 62,94,138,219,220,221,222,
226,228,229,242,243,248,249,
258,385,404,405,416,453
NOAA-A VHRR see "A VHRR"
nonpointsources 287
NOPEX 453
numerical models 455
nutrients 288, 294
Index
479
NWS National Operational Hydrologic
Remote Sensing Center
(NOHRSC) 241,249,250
object-oriented 70, 343, 344
observation geometry 167
observations 394 pp.
oils 288,290,291,298,299
optical thickness 19
ortho-image 330
overlay operation 71 pp.
paired experimental catchments 316
panchromatic 278, 330
passive microwave 11,33, 114, 115, 125,
200,202,209,210,211,212,213,
244 pp., 245, 246, 247, 250, 251,
255,256,299,322,416,417,453
passive sensing 15
pattern recognition 14;2
PBMR 209,210,452
PCl 61,70
penetration depth 203,204,208, 209
percolation 315, 316
perspective view 53,74
pesticides 288
photo-geology 306
photogrammetry 54, 277 pp., 330, 331
photographs 242, 248, 273 pp., 314, 317
photointerpretation 248, 273 pp.
phreatophytes 309,319
physical optics model (POM) 205,206
physiographic units 314
phytoplankton 294 pp.
pixel 4,67
Planck's law 17
planetary boundary layer (PBL) 168, 170
model 170
plankton 294
plant root depth 73
plant structure 209
platform 6, 241,244, 248,453,454
plumes 297
point source 77,287
polarization 201,202,208,213,219,245,
256,257
pollutant 287,288,291
polygon-capturing 70
positional accuracy 71
precipitable water 93 pp.
390
life history 121
line following algorithm 70
lineaments 319 pp.
local probabilities 148
logic assertions 343
logical rule 343
MAC 211
MAGS 453
management practice factor 279
map
complexity 72
overlay 65, 72
Marshall-Palmer relationship 113, 119
melt-freeze cycle 244
mesoscale numerical model 118
Meteosat 8, 11,76,88,223,229,334,360,
375,403,405,406,411,412,414,
453
microphysical model 118
microwave 15,16,27,114,115,123,123
pp., 124, 125, 128, 134,200 pp.,
244 pp., 255, 256, 281 (see also
"active microwave" and "passive
microwave")
microwave brightness temperature 74,
123,200
microwave radiometers 246
Mie theory 113
Mississippi River 91, 96, 298
MODIS 59,258,395,396,455
monitoring 77,78,271 pp., 332 pp., 385,
387,392,393
MONSOON 210,452
morphology 282, 335, 336
mountain front deposits 315
MSS 77,219,221,222,223,228,229,
230,242,274,278,280,308,310,
335,337,338,385,389,392,393,
425
multi-spectral video 221
multispectral 312, 322, 382
natural terrestrial gamma radiation 198
NDVI see "vegetation index"
near infrared (NIR) 9, 10, 31, 199,242,
244,291,298,308,383,387,390
NESDIS 248
Nile 3,229,230,334,392,414
Nimbus-7 233,250,252
NOAA 62,94,138,219,220,221,222,
226,228,229,242,243,248,249,
258,385,404,405,416,453
NOAA-A VHRR see "A VHRR"
nonpointsources 287
NOPEX 453
numerical models 455
nutrients 288, 294
Index
479
NWS National Operational Hydrologic
Remote Sensing Center
(NOHRSC) 241,249,250
object-oriented 70, 343, 344
observation geometry 167
observations 394 pp.
oils 288,290,291,298,299
optical thickness 19
ortho-image 330
overlay operation 71 pp.
paired experimental catchments 316
panchromatic 278, 330
passive microwave 11,33, 114, 115, 125,
200,202,209,210,211,212,213,
244 pp., 245, 246, 247, 250, 251,
255,256,299,322,416,417,453
passive sensing 15
pattern recognition 14;2
PBMR 209,210,452
PCl 61,70
penetration depth 203,204,208, 209
percolation 315, 316
perspective view 53,74
pesticides 288
photo-geology 306
photogrammetry 54, 277 pp., 330, 331
photographs 242, 248, 273 pp., 314, 317
photointerpretation 248, 273 pp.
phreatophytes 309,319
physical optics model (POM) 205,206
physiographic units 314
phytoplankton 294 pp.
pixel 4,67
Planck's law 17
planetary boundary layer (PBL) 168, 170
model 170
plankton 294
plant root depth 73
plant structure 209
platform 6, 241,244, 248,453,454
plumes 297
point source 77,287
polarization 201,202,208,213,219,245,
256,257
pollutant 287,288,291
polygon-capturing 70
positional accuracy 71
precipitable water 93 pp.