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The Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia is one of the largest
international river basins in the world. Its abundant natural
resources are shared by six riparian countries and provide the
basis for the livelihoods of more than 75 million people. However,
ongoing socio-economic growth and related anthropogenic
interventions impact the region's ecosystems, and there is an
urgent need for the monitoring of the basin's land surface
dynamics. Remote sensing has evolved as a key tool for this task,
allowing for up-to-date analyses and regular monitoring of
environmental dynamics beyond physical or political boundaries and
at various temporal and spatial scales. This book serves as a forum
for remote-sensing scientists with an interest in the Mekong River
Basin to present their recent basin-related works as well as
applied case studies of the region. A broad range of sensors from
high to medium resolution, and from multispectral to SAR systems,
are applied, covering topics such as land cover/land use
classification and comparison, time series analyses of climate
variables, vegetation structure and vegetation productivity, as
well as studies on flood mapping or water turbidity monitoring.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
International Journal of Remote Sensing.
The Mekong Basin in Southeast Asia is one of the largest
international river basins in the world. Its abundant natural
resources are shared by six riparian countries and provide the
basis for the livelihoods of more than 75 million people. However,
ongoing socio-economic growth and related anthropogenic
interventions impact the region's ecosystems, and there is an
urgent need for the monitoring of the basin's land surface
dynamics. Remote sensing has evolved as a key tool for this task,
allowing for up-to-date analyses and regular monitoring of
environmental dynamics beyond physical or political boundaries and
at various temporal and spatial scales. This book serves as a forum
for remote-sensing scientists with an interest in the Mekong River
Basin to present their recent basin-related works as well as
applied case studies of the region. A broad range of sensors from
high to medium resolution, and from multispectral to SAR systems,
are applied, covering topics such as land cover/land use
classification and comparison, time series analyses of climate
variables, vegetation structure and vegetation productivity, as
well as studies on flood mapping or water turbidity monitoring.
This book was originally published as a special issue of the
International Journal of Remote Sensing.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art
in the field of thermal infrared remote sensing. Temperature is one
of the most important physical environmental variables monitored by
earth observing remote sensing systems. Temperature ranges define
the boundaries of habitats on our planet. Thermal hazards endanger
our resources and well-being. In this book renowned international
experts have contributed chapters on currently available thermal
sensors as well as innovative plans for future missions. Further
chapters discuss the underlying physics and image processing
techniques for analyzing thermal data. Ground-breaking chapters on
applications present a wide variety of case studies leading to a
deepened understanding of land and sea surface temperature
dynamics, urban heat island effects, forest fires, volcanic
eruption precursors, underground coal fires, geothermal systems,
soil moisture variability, and temperature-based mineral
discrimination. 'Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Sensors, Methods,
Applications' is unique because of the large field it spans, the
potentials it reveals, and the detail it provides. This book is an
indispensable volume for scientists, lecturers, and decision makers
interested in thermal infrared technology, methods, and
applications.
This volume comprises an outstanding variety of chapters on Earth
Observation based time series analyses, undertaken to reveal past
and current land surface dynamics for large areas. What exactly are
time series of Earth Observation data? Which sensors are available
to generate real time series? How can they be processed to reveal
their valuable hidden information? Which challenges are encountered
on the way and which pre-processing is needed? And last but not
least: which processes can be observed? How are large regions of
our planet changing over time and which dynamics and trends are
visible? These and many other questions are answered within this
book "Remote Sensing Time Series Analyses - Revealing Land Surface
Dynamics". Internationally renowned experts from Europe, the USA
and China present their exciting findings based on the exploitation
of satellite data archives from well-known sensors such as AVHRR,
MODIS, Landsat, ENVISAT, ERS and METOP amongst others. Selected
review and methods chapters provide a good overview over time
series processing and the recent advances in the optical and radar
domain. A fine selection of application chapters addresses
multi-class land cover and land use change at national to
continental scale, the derivation of patterns of vegetation
phenology, biomass assessments, investigations on snow cover
duration and recent dynamics, as well as urban sprawl observed over
time.
This book about the Mekong Delta presents a unique collection of
state-of-the-art contributions by international experts from
different scientific disciplines about the characteristics and
pressing water-related challenges of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
The Mekong Delta belongs to one of the areas, which are to expect
the largest challenges concerning environmental change and climate
change induced sea level rise . The Delta acts as the "rice bowl"
of Southeast Asia and is home to over 17 Million people, who need
to cope with ecologic as well as socio-economic changes linked to
the rapid economic development of the country. Annual floods,
severe droughts, salt water intrusion, degrading water quality,
tropical cyclones, hydrologic changes due to hydropower projects in
the upstream of the Mekong, coastal erosion, and the loss of
biodiversity are some of the problems in the region. Heterogeneous
resource management responsibilities, and the fact that the Mekong
- and thus also the Delta - is influenced by six countries
aggravate the situation. Integrated water resources management and
fostered cooperation and information exchange are pressing needs
for the sustainable development of the Delta.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of the state of the art
in the field of thermal infrared remote sensing. Temperature is one
of the most important physical environmental variables monitored by
earth observing remote sensing systems. Temperature ranges define
the boundaries of habitats on our planet. Thermal hazards endanger
our resources and well-being. In this book renowned international
experts have contributed chapters on currently available thermal
sensors as well as innovative plans for future missions. Further
chapters discuss the underlying physics and image processing
techniques for analyzing thermal data. Ground-breaking chapters on
applications present a wide variety of case studies leading to a
deepened understanding of land and sea surface temperature
dynamics, urban heat island effects, forest fires, volcanic
eruption precursors, underground coal fires, geothermal systems,
soil moisture variability, and temperature-based mineral
discrimination. 'Thermal Infrared Remote Sensing: Sensors, Methods,
Applications' is unique because of the large field it spans, the
potentials it reveals, and the detail it provides. This book is an
indispensable volume for scientists, lecturers, and decision makers
interested in thermal infrared technology, methods, and
applications.
This book about the Mekong Delta presents a unique collection of
state-of-the-art contributions by international experts from
different scientific disciplines about the characteristics and
pressing water-related challenges of the Mekong Delta in Vietnam.
The Mekong Delta belongs to one of the areas, which are to expect
the largest challenges concerning environmental change and climate
change induced sea level rise . The Delta acts as the "rice bowl"
of Southeast Asia and is home to over 17 Million people, who need
to cope with ecologic as well as socio-economic changes linked to
the rapid economic development of the country. Annual floods,
severe droughts, salt water intrusion, degrading water quality,
tropical cyclones, hydrologic changes due to hydropower projects in
the upstream of the Mekong, coastal erosion, and the loss of
biodiversity are some of the problems in the region. Heterogeneous
resource management responsibilities, and the fact that the Mekong
- and thus also the Delta - is influenced by six countries
aggravate the situation. Integrated water resources management and
fostered cooperation and information exchange are pressing needs
for the sustainable development of the Delta.
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