Hyperspectral remote sensing is an emerging, multidisciplinary field with diverse applications that builds on the principles of material spectroscopy, radiative transfer, imaging spectrometry, and hyperspectral data processing. While there are many resources that suitably cover these areas individually and focus on specific aspects of the hyperspectral remote sensing field, this book provides a holistic treatment that captures its multidisciplinary nature.

The content is oriented toward the physical principles of hyperspectral remote sensing as opposed to applications of hyperspectral technology. Readers can expect to finish the book armed with the required knowledge to understand the immense literature available in this technology area and apply their knowledge to the understanding of material spectral properties, the design of hyperspectral systems, the analysis of hyperspectral imagery, and the application of the technology to specific problems.

Hyperspectral Remote Sensing is the 2018 winner of the Joseph W. Goodman Book Writing Award, which recognizes recent and influential books in the field of optics and photonics that have contributed significantly to research, teaching, business, or industry.

Hyperspectral imaging is an emerging field of electro-optical and infrared remote sensing. Advancements in sensing and processing technology have reached a level that allows hyperspectral imaging to be more widely applied to remote sensing problems. Because of this, I was asked roughly six years ago to serve as an adjunct faculty member at the Air Force Institute of Technology in Ohio to construct and teach a graduate course on this subject as part of their optical engineering program. As I searched for a suitable textbook from which to teach this course, it became apparent to me that there were none that provided the comprehensive treatment I felt the subject required. Hyperspectral remote sensing is a highly multidisciplinary field, and I believe that a student of this subject matter should appreciate and understand all of its major facets, including material spectroscopy, radiative transfer, imaging spectrometry, and hyperspectral data processing. There are many resources that suitably cover these areas individually, but none that are all inclusive. This book is my attempt to provide an end-to-end treatment of hyperspectral remote sensing technology.

I have been using this textbook in manuscript form to teach a onequarter class at the graduate level, with Masters and Ph.D. students taking the course as an elective and subsequently performing their research in the hyperspectral remote sensing field. The amount of material is arguably too much to fit within a single quarter and would ideally be spread over a semester or two quarters if possible. The content of the book is oriented toward the physical principles of hyperspectral remote sensing as opposed to applications of hyperspectral technology, with the expectation that students finish the class armed with the required knowledge to become practitioners in the field; be able to understand the immense literature available in this technology area; and apply their knowledge to the understanding of material spectral properties, the design of hyperspectral systems, the analysis of hyperspectral imagery, and the application of the technology to specific problems.