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Title:
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Space technologies for the benefit of human society and earth
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Authors:
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Phillip Olla, Editor
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Material Type:
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book
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Publisher:
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New York, NY : Springer, 2009
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ISBN / ISSN / EAN :
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978-1-4020-9572-6
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Size:
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xxix, 550 p. / ill. (some col.) / 24 cm
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Bibliography note:
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Includes index.
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Languages:
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English
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Class number:
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G70.4
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Subjects:
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Artificial satellites in remote sensing
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Medicine
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Natural disasters--Remote sensing
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Description:
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Contents
SMOS : Earth’s water monitoring mission - India’s EO pyramid for holistic development - Shifting paradigms in water management - Operational oceanography and the Sentinel-3 system - Advanced space technology for oil spill detection - From orbit to OR: space solutions for terrestrial challenges in medicine - Bridging health divide between rural and urban areas : satellite based telemedicine networks in India - TEMOS : telemedicine for the mobile society telemedical support for travellers and expatriates - Convergence of Internet and space technology - Using inflatable antennas for portable satellite-based personal communications systems - Space-borne tsunami warning system - GEONETCast Americas : a GEOSS environmental data dissemination system using commercial satellites - Space technology for disaster monitoring, mitigation and damage assessment - Remote sensing and GIS techniques for natural disaster monitoring - EO products for drought risk reduction - The diffusion of information communication and space technology applications into society - Humanitarian aids using satellite technology - National development through space : India as a model - Space based societal applications - Space for energy : the role of space-based capabilities for managing energy resources on Earth - Sharing brains : knowledge management project for ESA space operations
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