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Wildland fires are becoming one of the most critical environmental
factors affecting a wide range of ecosystems worldwide. In
Mediterranean ecosystems (including also South-Africa, California,
parts of Chile and Australia), wildland fires are recurrent
phenomena every summer, following the seasonal drought. As a result
of changes in traditional land use practices, and the impact of
recent climate warming, fires have more negative impacts in the
last years, threatening lives, socio-economic and ecological
values. The book describes the ecological context of fires in the
Mediterranean ecosystems, and provides methods to observe fire
danger conditions and fire impacts using Earth Observation and
Geographic Information System technologies.
Global Change is increasingly considered a critical topic in
environmental research. Remote sensing methods provide a useful
tool to monitor global variables, since they provide a systematic
coverage of the Earth's surface, at different spatial, spectral and
temporal resolutions. This book offers an analysis of the leading
missions in global Earth observation, and reviews the main fields
in which remote sensing methods are providing vital data for global
change studies.
Global Change studies are increasingly being considered a vital
source of information to understand the Earth Environment, in
particular in the framework of human-induced climate change and
land use transformation. Satellite Earth Observing systems provide
a unique tool to monitor those changes. While the range of
applications and innovative techniques is constantly increasing,
this book provides a summary of key case studies where satellite
data offer critical information to understand the causes and
effects of those environmental changes, minimizing their negative
impacts. This book will be of interest to researchers and
practitioners in the field of remote sensing, geographical
information, meteorology and environmental sciences. Also
scientists and graduate up to post-graduate level students in
environmental science will find valuable information in this book.
Forest fIres are considered a major environmental problem in many
European Union Member States as well as in other parts of the
world. According to a recent report of the European Commission,
forest fues are a dominant feature of the landscapes of the fIve
Southern European Member States - Portugal, Spain, France, Italy
and Greece, and almost a half of the Community's forests have been
classed as fue-risk areas. Protection from forest fues is an
interdisciplinary endeavour, which needs to be addressed from both
the technological and methodological point of view, and which
necessitates a wide spectrum of various scientifIc disciplines. It
also implies the solution of numerous practical problems (both of a
generic nature and of a specifIc one) and the consideration of the
characteristics of the specifIc areas in which fue fIghting is
carried out. ScientifIc research is offering a major contribution
to forest fIre fIghting. The European Commission (DG XII,
Directorate General for Science, Research and Development) has
supported since the 1980s a number of multinational research
projects through its successive RTD programmes in the fIeld of the
Environment.
Global Change studies are increasingly being considered a vital
source of information to understand the Earth Environment, in
particular in the framework of human-induced climate change and
land use transformation. Satellite Earth Observing systems provide
a unique tool to monitor those changes. While the range of
applications and innovative techniques is constantly increasing,
this book provides a summary of key case studies where satellite
data offer critical information to understand the causes and
effects of those environmental changes, minimizing their negative
impacts. This book will be of interest to researchers and
practitioners in the field of remote sensing, geographical
information, meteorology and environmental sciences. Also
scientists and graduate up to post-graduate level students in
environmental science will find valuable information in this book.
Wildland fires are becoming one of the most critical
environmental factors affecting a wide range of ecosystems
worldwide. In Mediterranean ecosystems (including also
South-Africa, California, parts of Chile and Australia), wildland
fires are recurrent phenomena every summer, following the seasonal
drought. As a result of changes in traditional land use practices,
and the impact of recent climate warming, fires have more negative
impacts in the last years, threatening lives, socio-economic and
ecological values. The book describes the ecological context of
fires in the Mediterranean ecosystems, and provides methods to
observe fire danger conditions and fire impacts using Earth
Observation and Geographic Information System technologies.
Global Change is increasingly considered a critical topic in
environmental research. Remote sensing methods provide a useful
tool to monitor global variables, since they provide a systematic
coverage of the Earth's surface, at different spatial, spectral and
temporal resolutions. The data provided by Earth Observation
Satellites are being operationally used for monitoring atmospheric
conditions, ice sheets and glaciar movements, vegetation dynamism
and land use changes, deforestation and desertification processes,
as well as water conditions. This book covers an analysis of the
leading missions in global Earth observation, and then reviews the
main fields in which remote sensing methods are providing vital
data for global change studies.
Fundamentals of Satellite Remote Sensing: An Environmental
Approach, Third Edition, is a definitive guide to remote sensing
systems that focuses on satellite-based remote sensing tools and
methods for space-based Earth observation (EO). It presents the
advantages of using remote sensing data for studying and monitoring
the planet, and emphasizes concepts that make the best use of
satellite data. The book begins with an introduction to the basic
processes that ensure the acquisition of space-borne imagery, and
provides an overview of the main satellite observation systems. It
then describes visual and digital image analysis, highlights
various interpretation techniques, and outlines their applications
to science and management. The latter part of the book covers the
integration of remote sensing with Geographic Information System
(GIS) for environmental analysis. This latest edition has been
written to reflect a global audience and covers the most recent
advances incorporated since the publication of the previous book,
relating to the acquisition and interpretation of remotely sensed
data. New in the Third Edition: Includes additional illustrations
in full color. Uses sample images acquired from different
ecosystems at different spatial resolutions to illustrate different
interpretation techniques. Includes updated EO missions, such as
the third generations of geostationary meteorological satellites,
the new polar orbiting platforms (Suomi), the ESA Sentinels
program, and high-resolution commercial systems. Includes extended
coverage of radar and LIDAR processing methods. Includes all new
information on near-ground missions, including unmanned aerial
vehicles (UAVs). Covers new ground sensors, as well as
machine-learning approaches to classification. Adds more focus on
land surface characterization, time series, change detection, and
ecosystem processes. Extends the interactions of EO data and GIS
that cover different environmental problems, with particular
relevance to global observation. Fundamentals of Satellite Remote
Sensing: An Environmental Approach, Third Edition, details the
tools that provide global, recurrent, and comprehensive views of
the processes affecting the Earth. As one of CRC's Essential
titles, this book and stands out as one of the best in its field
and is a must-have for researchers, academics, students, and
professionals involved in the field of environmental science, as
well as for libraries developing collections on the forefront of
this industry.
The main purpose of the book is to provide solid arguments for
Catholics who have left their faith to think again about their
current positions and better know the arguments behind Church's
teaching, particularly those related to controversial contemporary
issues. It also provides arguments for practicing Catholics to
speak about God with their friends and colleagues. The book is
mainly addressed to college and young professionals, but other
readers with intellectual interests should also benefit from it.
Following the First Letter of Saint Peter, we Christians should
always be ready to provide answers: ..". for people who ask you the
reason for the hope that you have... with courtesy and respect" (1
Peter 3:14-16).
The main purpose of the book is to provide solid arguments for
Catholics who have left their faith to think again about their
current positions and better know the arguments behind Church's
teaching, particularly those related to controversial contemporary
issues. It also provides arguments for practicing Catholics to
speak about God with their friends and colleagues. The book is
mainly addressed to college and young professionals, but other
readers with intellectual interests should also benefit from it.
Following the First Letter of Saint Peter, we Christians should
always be ready to provide answers: ..". for people who ask you the
reason for the hope that you have... with courtesy and respect" (1
Peter 3:14-16).
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