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This book presents cutting-edge remote sensing research, outlining
the advanced use of European Space Agency (ESA) satellite data in
the context of climate change. The ESA, through its Support to
Science Element (STSE) Programme, funds a network of young post-doc
scientists pursuing 2-year cutting-edge research projects in the
field of remote sensing. This "Changing Earth Science Network"
focuses on the exploitation of Earth Observation (EO) data to
address major issues concerning the broader context of climate
change in five scientific research domains: the oceans, atmosphere,
cryosphere, land and solid earth.
This book presents cutting-edge remote sensing research, outlining
the advanced use of European Space Agency (ESA) satellite data in
the context of climate change. The ESA, through its Support to
Science Element (STSE) Programme, funds a network of young post-doc
scientists pursuing 2-year cutting-edge research projects in the
field of remote sensing. This "Changing Earth Science Network"
focuses on the exploitation of Earth Observation (EO) data to
address major issues concerning the broader context of climate
change in five scientific research domains: the oceans, atmosphere,
cryosphere, land and solid earth.
To better understand the various processes and interactions that
govern the Earth system and to determine whether recent
human-induced changes could ultimately de-stabilise its dynamics,
both natural system variability and the consequences of human
activities have to be observed and quantified. In this context, the
European Space Agency (ESA) published in 2006 the document "The
Changing Earth: New Scientific Challenges for ESA's Living Planet
Programme" as the main driver of ESA's new Earth Observation (EO)
science strategy. The document outlines 25 major scientific
challenges covering all the different aspects of the Earth system,
where EO technology and ESA missions may provide a key
contribution. In this framework, and aiming at enhancing the ESA
scientific support towards the achievement of "The Challenges", the
Agency has launched in 2008 a new initiative - the Changing Earth
Science Network - to support young scientists to undertake
leading-edge research activities contributing to achieve the 25
scientific challenges of the LPP by maximising the use of ESA data.
The initiative is implemented through a number of research projects
proposed and led by early-stage scientists at post-doctoral level
for a period of two years which are summarized in this
SpringerBrief. These projects undertake innovative research
activities furthering into the most pressing issues of the Earth
system, while exploiting ESA missions data with special attention
to the ESA data archives and the new Earth Explorer missions.
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