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Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services (Paperback)
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Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services (Paperback)
Series: Earth Observation of Global Changes
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A balanced review of differing approaches based on remote sensing
tools and methods to assess and monitor biodiversity, carbon and
water cycles, and the energy balance of terrestrial ecosystem.
Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services highlights the advantages
Earth observation technologies offer for quantifying and monitoring
multiple ecosystem functions and services. It provides a
multidisciplinary reference that expressly covers the use of remote
sensing for quantifying and monitoring multiple ecosystem services.
Rather than exhaustively cover all possible ecosystem services,
this book takes a global look at the most relevant remote sensing
approaches to estimate key ecosystem services from satellite data.
Structured in four main sections, it covers carbon cycle,
biodiversity, water cycle, and energy balance. Each section
contains a review of conceptual and empirical methods, techniques,
and case studies linking remotely sensed data to the biophysical
variables and ecosystem functions associated with key ecosystem
services. The book identifies relevant issues and challenges of
assessment, presents cutting-edge sensing techniques, uses globally
implemented tools to quantify ecosystem functions, and presents
examples of successful monitoring programs. Covering recent
developments undertaken on the global and national stage from Earth
observation satellite data, it includes valuable lessons and
recommendations and novel ways to improve current global monitoring
systems. The book delineates the use of Earth observation data so
that it can be used to quantify, map, value, and manage the
valuable goods and services that ecosystems provide to societies
around the world.
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