Interpreting aerial photographs to identify natural hazards

Author

• Glass, Charles E.

Additional Author(s)

-

Publisher

Amsterdam ; Boston: Elsevier, 2013

Language

English

ISBN

9780124200180

Series

Subject(s)

• AERIAL PHOTOGRAPHS
• PHOTOGRAPHIC INTERPRETATION
• PHOTOGRAPHY, AERIAL

Notes

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Abstract

Suitable for any professional or student looking for a reference on how to recognize, analyze, interpret and avoid - or successfully plan for - dangerous contingencies, this book features more than 100 color photographs to explore the fundamental principles of aerial photography.

Physical Dimension

Number of Page(s)

xix, 164 p.

Dimension

23 cm.

Other Desc.

ill.

Summary / Review / Table of Content

Part I. Establishing baselines : look for the butterfly. Getting started --
More about photographs than you ever cared to know --
Textural information --
Color Information --
Part II. Recognizing hazards on the ground. Dangers from earthquakes and faults --
Dangers from landslides --
Dangers from floods --
Dangers from ground subsidence --
Part III. Spectral ranges beyond visible. The ultraviolet --
The near infrared --
The thermal infrared --The microwave --
Obtaining aerial photographs --
Appendix: A selection of aerial photographs for you to interpret.

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