The technique of imaging spectrometry has now passed its  infancy and entered a new phase of application-oriented research.  Advanced sensor systems have become available for international  research programmes, new imaging spectrometers are under development  in several European countries or have already passed their acceptance  tests, and first high spectral resolution imaging systems are already  being operated by private industry. On a European level, the EARSEC  programme of the Joint Research Centre has provided considerable  financial investment for the development of an imaging spectrometer  which covers the reflective and important parts of the emission  spectrum, and the European Space Agency has initiated an important  airborne remote sensing campaign in which imaging spectrometry will  constitute one of the most important components. Progress has also  been made in the development of data preprocessing methods, spectral  signature modelling and semiempirical approaches to the retrieval of  surface parameters.   This volume presents the lectures of the second Eurocourse on imaging  spectrometry which was held in November 1992 at the Joint Research  Centre. The book completes the information on the principles of  imaging spectrometry and, at the same time, emphasises the  presentation of further application-oriented case studies. Selected  topics include the assessment of terrestrial ecosystems (vegetation,  agriculture, soil erosion and inland water quality). The contributions  have been written by invited experts from universities and research  institutes in Europe and the United States.

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