chapter Introduction -- part PART I Thermal infrared data for assessment and quantif ication of surface energy fluxes and soil moisture -- chapter 1 Estimating environmental variables using thermal remote sensing / chapter 2 Land surface temperature retrieval techniques and applications -- Case of the AVHRR / chapter 3 High spatial resolution mapping of surface energy balance components with remotely sensed data / chapter 4 Estimating spatially distributed surface fluxes in a semi-arid Great Basin desert using Landsat TM thermal data / chapter 5 Coupling thermal infrared and visible satellite measurements to infer biophysical variables at the land surface / chapter 6 Rapid soil drying and its implications for remote sensing of soil moisture and the surface energy fluxes / chapter 7 Mapping surface energy fluxes with radiometric temperature / chapter 8 Thermal infrared measurement as an indicator of plant ecosystem health / chapter 9 Exergy analysis of ecosystems: establishing a role for thermal remote sensing / part Part III Thermal infrared instruments and calibration -- chapter 10 Calibration of thermal infrared sensors / chapter 11 MUST�a medium scale surface temperature mission dedicated to environment and agriculture