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Earth observation, public health and one health : activities, challenges and opportunities

Stéphanie Brazeau, Author ; Nicolas Ogden, Author ; Public Health Agency of Canada, Issuing body ; Canadian Space Agency, Issuing body | Oxfordshire ; Boston, MA : CABI | 2022

"The potential for Earth Observation (EO) to contribute to public health practice: to understand, track, predict and manage infectious diseases and challenges of using EO data for public health purposes. Major foci are mosquito-borne diseases, t[...]

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Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing : an environmental approach

Emilio Chuvieco, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2020

"This third edition covers the most recent advances incorporated since the publication of the previous book, relating to the acquisition and interpretation of remotely-sensed data. It includes updated EO missions, such as the third generations o[...]

Earth observation for land and emergency monitoring

Heiko Balzter, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : J. Wiley | 2017

The objectives of this book are to describe new methods and applications of satellite technology in the fields of land and emergency monitoring. It draws on new research outcomes from the European FP7 project GIONET (European Centre of Excellen[...]

Open space : the global effort for open access to environmental satellite data /

Mariel Borowitz, Author | Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press | Information policy series | 2017

Key to understanding and addressing climate change is continuous and precise monitoring of environmental conditions. Satellites play an important role in collecting climate data, offering comprehensive global coverage that can't be matched by i[...]

Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing : an environmental approach /

Emilio Chuvieco, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2016

Fundamentals of Satellite Remote Sensing' is a definitive guide to remote sensing systems that focuses on satellite-based remote sensing tools and methods for space-based Earth observation (EO). It presents the advantages of using remote sensin[...]

Fundamentals of satellite remote sensing : an environmental approach /

Emilio Chuvieco, Author | Boca Raton, Florida ; London ; New York : CRC Press | 2016

Fundamentals of Satellite Remote Sensing' is a definitive guide to remote sensing systems that focuses on satellite-based remote sensing tools and methods for space-based Earth observation (EO). It presents the advantages of using remote sensin[...]

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Program earth : environmental sensing technology and the making of a computational planet /

Jennifer Gabrys, Author | Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press | Electronic mediations | 2016

Sensors are everywhere. Small, flexible, economical, and computationally powerful, they operate ubiquitously in environments. They compile massive amounts of data, including information about air, water, and climate. Never before has such a volu[...]

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Global urban monitoring and assessment through earth observation

Qihao Weng, Editor | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications series | 2014

Cities and towns are the original producers of many of the global environmental problems related to waste disposal, air and water pollution. There is a rapidly growing need for technologies that will enable monitoring of the world's natural reso[...]

Earth science and applications from space : a midterm assessment of NASA's implementation of the decadal survey

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future. | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2012

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Information technologies for remote monitoring of the environment

Vladimir Krapivin, Author ; Anatolij Shutko, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Springer-Praxis books in environmental sciences | 2012

This book offers a new approach to the study of global envrionmental change. The approach uses ecoinformatics methods of geoinformation monitoring. The present trend of change in ecological systems such as that currently taking place in differe[...]

Remote sensing of the environment and radiation transfer : an introductory survey

Anatoly Kuznetsov, Author | New York, NY : Springer | 2012

The interaction of the solar and heat radiation with the atmosphere and surface is the subject of the book. it is useful also for wide circle scientists involved in environmental studies. The book contains the description of 17 computer studyin[...]

Remote sensing and global environmental change

Samuel J. Purkis, Author ; V. Klemas, Author | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 2011

Advances in earth observation of global change

Emilio Chuvieco, Editor ; Jonathan Li, Editor ; Xiaojun Yang, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | 2010

Cover Art Satellite Radar Interferometry : Subsidence Monitoring Techniques

V.B.H ketelaar, Author | New York, NY : Springer | Remote sensing and digital image processing | 2010

This book covers a combination of scientific research and the practical demand for subsidence monitoring techniques focused on the satellite radar interferometry technique (InSAR). it covers the topic in a generic way: both prevision and reliabi[...]

Remote sensing of coastal environments

Yeqiao Wang, Author | Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group | Taylor & Francis series in remote sensing applications series | 2010

As coastal environments around the world continue to face unprecedented natural and anthropogenic threats, recent developments in the technologies that support geospatial data acquisition, imaging, and computing have profoundly enhanced monitori[...]

Earth observation of global change : the role of satellite remote sensing in monitoring global environment

Emilio Chuvieco Salinero | New York, NY : Springer | 2008

The book includes an analysis of the leading missions in global Earth observation, and then reviews the main fields in which remote sensing methods are providing vital data for global change studies.

Earth observations and global change : why?, where are we? what next? : a report by the CSIS Space Exploration Initiative

Lyn Wigbels ; G. Ryan Faith ; CSIS Human Space Exploration Initiative. ; Vincent Sabathier | Washington, D.C. : Center for Strategic and International Studies | 2008

Polar view - earth observation services for climate change adaptation : strengthening earth observation services to meet public and private sector climate change adaptation needs

United Nations Environment Programme, Issuing body | [S.l.] : UNEP/GRID-Arendal | 2008

GRID-Arendal wrote and produced a booklet on uses of satellite-based monitoring in adapting to climate change in regions influenced by ice and snow that was released at the UNFCCC Climate Change COP 14 in Poznan, Poland this month . The booklet [...]

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Remote sensing and GIS technologies for monitoring and prediction of disasters

Shailesh Nayak, Editor ; Siyka Zlatanova, Editor | New York, NY : Springer | Environmental science and engineering. Subseries: Environmental science | 2008

The book discusses the wider utilisation of remote sensing in disaster management which requires research and developments in numerous aspects: data access/delivery to the users, information extraction and analysis, management of data and their [...]

Earth science and applications from space : national imperatives for the next decade and beyond

National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Earth Science and Applications from Space: A Community Assessment and Strategy for the Future. | Washington : The National Academies Press | 2007

Earth science : scientific discovery and societal applications -- The next decade of earth observations from space -- From satellite observations to earth information -- Summaries of recommended missions -- Earth science applications and societ[...]

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Remote sensing for natural resource management and environmental monitoring

Susan L. Ustin, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | Manual of remote sensing | 2004

Environmental remote sensing from regional to global scales

Paul J. Curran, Editor ; Giles M. Foody, Editor | Hoboken, N.J. : John Wiley & Sons | 1994