Earth system monitoring : selected entries from the Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology /

Earth system monitoring : selected entries from the Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology / John Orcutt, editor.

Modern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System. In Oceanography, for the past two centuries, ships have provided the platforms for observing. Expeditions on the continents and Earth's poles are land-based analogues. Fundamental unders...

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Online Access: Full Text (via Springer)
Other Authors: Orcutt, John (Editor)
Other title:Encyclopedia of sustainability science and technology. Selections.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York, NY : Springer, ©2013.
Subjects:
Earth Observing System (Program)
Earth sciences > Remote sensing.
Earth resources technology satellites.
Earth sciences > Remote sensing > Databases.
Databases.
Table of Contents:
  • Earth System Monitoring, Introduction / John Orcutt
  • Airborne and Space-borne Remote Sensing of Cryosphere / Kenneth C. Jezek
  • Aircraft and Space Atmospheric Measurements Using Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) / Russell De Young
  • Contemporary Sea Level Variations, Observations and Causes / Anny Cazenave
  • Coral Reef Ecosystems / Helen T. Yap
  • Earth System Environmental Literacy / Margaret Lowman
  • Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains / Victor Zlotnicki, Srinivas Bettadpur, Felix W. Landerer
  • Heat Content and Temperature of the Ocean / Rui M. Ponte
  • Hurricane and Monsoon Tracking with Driftsondes / Philippe Drobinski, Philippe Cocquerez, A. Doerenbecher
  • Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning / Stephen R. Rintoul
  • Long-Term Ecological Research Network / Robert B. Waide, McOwiti O. Thomas
  • Ocean Acidification / Maria Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez
  • Ocean Evaporation and Precipitation / Luis Gimeno, Raquel Nieto, Anita Drumond
  • Ocean Observatories and Information: Building a Global Ocean Observing Network / O. Schofield, S.M. Glenn, M.A. Moline, M. Oliver, A. Irwin
  • Oil Spill Remote Sensing / Mervin Fingas, Carl Brown
  • Remote Sensing Applications to Ocean and Human Health / Frank E. Muller-Karger
  • Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters / Steve Chien, Veerachai Tanpipat
  • Remote Sensing of Ocean Color / Heidi M. Dierssen, Kaylan Randolph
  • Volcanoes, Observations and Impact / Clifford Thurber, Stephanie Prejean.

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