Earth System Monitoring (eBook)

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

John Orcutt (Herausgeber)

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2012 | 2013
VI, 518 Seiten
Springer New York (Verlag)
978-1-4614-5684-1 (ISBN)

Infos

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 understanding of current systems, climate, natural hazards, and ecosystems has been greatly advanced. While these approaches have been remarkably successful, the need to establish measurements over time can only be made using Earth observations and observatories with exacting standards and continuous data.  The 19 peer-reviewed contributions in this volume provide early insights into this emerging view of Earth in both space and time in which change is a critical component of our growing understanding.

Inhalt

Earth System Monitoring 4
Contents 6
Chapter1: Earth System Monitoring, Introduction 8
Chapter2: Airborne and Space-borne Remote Sensing of Cryosphere 13
Chapter3: Aircraft and Space Atmospheric Measurements Using Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL) 41
Chapter4: Contemporary Sea Level Variations, Observations and Causes 68
Chapter5: Coral Reef Ecosystems 81
Chapter6: Earth System Environmental Literacy 111
Chapter7: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains 126
Chapter8: Heat Content and Temperature of the Ocean 156
Chapter9: Hurricane and Monsoon Tracking with Driftsondes 184
Chapter10: Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning 201
Chapter11: Long-Term Ecological Research Network 235
Chapter12: Ocean Acidification 271
Chapter13: Ocean Evaporation and Precipitation 292
Chapter14: Ocean Observatories and Information: Building a Global Ocean Observing Network 320
Chapter15: Oil Spill Remote Sensing 338
Chapter16: Remote Sensing Applications to Ocean and Human Health 390
Chapter17: Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters 421
Chapter18: Remote Sensing of Ocean Color 439
Chapter19: Volcanoes, Observations and Impact 473
Index 506

Produkt-Details

• Erscheint lt. Verlag: 12.12.2012
• Zusatzinfo: VI, 518 p.
• Verlagsort: New York
• Sprache: englisch
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Biologie ► Ökologie / Naturschutz
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geografie / Kartografie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geologie
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Geowissenschaften ► Geophysik
• Themenwelt: Naturwissenschaften ► Physik / Astronomie ► Angewandte Physik
• Themenwelt: Technik ► Umwelttechnik / Biotechnologie
• Schlagworte: Airborne Remote Sensing • Aircraft Atmospheric Measurements • Contemporary Sea Level Variations • Coral Reef Ecosystems • DIAL • Driftsondes • Earth System Environmental Literacy • Earth System Monitoring • Earth System Monitoring Sustainability • Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology • Grace • Hurricane Tracking • Monsoon Tracking • Ocean Acidification • Ocean Circulation • Ocean Heat Content • Ocean Temperature • Oil Spill Remote Sensing • Remote Sensing • Space Atmospheric Measurements • Volcanoes
• ISBN-10: 1-4614-5684-3 / 1461456843
• ISBN-13: 978-1-4614-5684-1 / 9781461456841