Now in its revised and updated third edition, this comprehensive intro ductory text presents a timely overview of the most widely used forms of remote sensing imagery and their applications in plant sciences, hy drology, earth sciences, and land-use analysis. The third edition feat ures new coverage of lidar technology, radar interferometry, and the p resent generation of satellite sensors, as well as other topics of cur rent significance. Integrating knowledge from the many fields that con tribute to remote sensing, the text is richly illustrated with 28 colo r plates and more than 380 black-and-white images and figures.