TERRA- 1: Understanding The Terrestrial Environment - The Role of Earth Observations from Space (Hardcover)

This book addresses opportunities for observation of earth surface processes using remote sensing from space. It should provide a data source for scientists studying global change. The challenges created by global environmental change demand research approaches that are worldwide in scope and interdisciplinary in application. This book is a response to the need for the interchange of ideas and experiences between researchers from those sciences studying the land surface of the earth, its form, and features, and remote sensing specialists. It is founded on the premise that attention should focus on the analysis of specific components of the earth system and on the synthesis of the findings of individual disciplines in terms of how the earth and its atmosphere function as an open system. Earth system science aims to identify how this system changes (both over human and geological timescales) and how such changes can be predicted. Reliable prediction requires scientific understanding, which in turn requires models, theories and data. Remote sensing is capable of providing such data on appropriate temporal and spatial scales.

General

Imprint:	Taylor & Francis
Country of origin:	United Kingdom
Release date:	July 1992
First published:	1992
Editors:	Paul Mather
Dimensions:	234 x 156 x 19mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Hardcover
Pages:	251
ISBN-13:	978-0-7484-0044-7
Categories:	Books > Science & Mathematics > Astronomy, space & time > Observatories, equipment & methods Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Geographical information systems (GIS) Books > Earth & environment > Geography > Cartography, geodesy & geographic information systems (GIS) > Remote sensing Promotions
LSN:	0-7484-0044-3
Barcode:	9780748400447

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