"Automated image fusion processes involving cross-mission of multiple satellites with the aid of ground-based sensor networks and databases are critical to support environmental decision-making. This book is unique because it rests upon a smooth integration between image fusion and data mining for information retrieval and content-based mapping in the context of different environmental applications, and it focuses on environmental application issues at global and regional scale, while using local scale ground-truth data for calibration and validation. It has potential to be integrated with local scale data/image fusion based on local physical sensors and human observations."--Provided by publisher.