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Contents Preface 1 An Introduction to Remote Sensing 2 Sensors and Instruments 3 Satellite Systems 4 Data Reception Archiving and Distribution 5 Lasers and Active Aircraft Remote Sensing Systems 6 Ground Wave and Sky Wave Radar Techniques 7 Active Microwave Instruments IndexRemote sensing may be taken to mean the observation of…

It is inevitable that Latin America created as a result of historical forces should overlap a number of major structural regions and distinct physical environments Outstanding in this respect is the contrast between the north-south trending mountain system of the Andes and the east-west relief lines of the major islands of the W…

Contents Preface 1 Primitive nomadic hunters and herders 2 Primitive nomadic gatherers and cultivators and primitive sedentary cultivators 3 Commercial extensive livestock farming 4 Commercial cereal cultivation 5 Commercial plantation agriculture 6 Mediterranean agriculture sub-tropical fruit and grain cultivation 7 Intensive r…

Contents Preface 1 Climate and the atmosphere 2 Energy and temperature 3 Atmospheric moisture 4 Motion in the climate system 5 Weather disturbances 6 Climate classification 7 Climate dominated by equatorial and tropical air masses 8 Climate dominated by tropical and polar air masses 9 Climate dominated by polar and arctic air ma…

Contents Preface 1 A source book of commercial geography 2 Economic statistics 3 Commodities Index"The great geographical fact on which commerce depends is that different parts of the world yield different products or furnish the same products under unequally favourable conditions Hence there are two great results of commerce th…