Mediterranean Land-surface Processes Assessed from Space
Mediterranean Land-surface Processes Assessed from Space
1. 1 Space View and Ground Observations 1 1. 2 Mediterranean Climatic Environment 2 1. 3 Processes at Surfaces 10 1. 3. 1 Deforestation and Land-use Changes 10 1. 3. 2 Water Related Problems 16 1. 3. 3 Fire, Grazing, and Land Degradation 19 1. 3. 4 Drought, Floods, Frost, and Desertification 21 1. 3. 5 Coupling Between Surface and Atmosphere: The Role of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer 25 1. 4 Role and Capabilities of Measurements Made From Space 30 1. 4. 1 Research Programmes 30 1. 4. 2 Expected Information 32 1. 4. 3 Research Strategy 33 1. 4. 4 Observation of Changes in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Spatial and Temporal Scales 35 1. 4. 5 Land-surface Change Indicators Observable from Space 36 Spectral Characteristics of Vegetation and Soils (36); Responses of Remote Sensing Signals to Changes of Land-surface Properties (40) 1. 5 About this Book 48 Chapter 2 Processing and Archiving of Satellite and Ancillary Data 51 2. 1 Introduction 51 2. 2 The Remote Sensing Data Base 55 2. 2. 1 Satellite Instruments 55 The NOAA Observing System (55); Meteosat (57); Nimbus-7 (59); Landsat (59); SPOT (61); DMSP (62); ERS-1 and ERS-2 (62); TRMM (63); Terra (64); Envisat (65); Aqua (66) 2. 2. 2 Aircraft Instruments 66 The Use of Aircraft for Land-surface Process Studies (66); AVIRIS (67); TMS (68); AIRSAR (68); DIAL (69) 2. 3 Reception, Acquisition and Availability of Satellite Data 70 2. 3.
Primary Level Products
Higher Level Variables and Their Validation
From Research to Application.
Processing and Archiving of Satellite and Ancillary Data
Radiative Processes of the Surface- Atmosphere SystemPrimary Level Products
Higher Level Variables and Their Validation
From Research to Application.
Bolle, Hans-Jürgen
Eckardt, Matthias
Koslowsky, Dirk
Maselli, Fabio
Melia Miralles, Joaquin
Menenti, Massimo
Olesen, Folke-Sören
Petkov, Ljiljana
Rasool, S. Ichtiaque
Griend, Adriaan
ISBN | 978-3-642-44364-0 |
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Artikelnummer | 9783642443640 |
Medientyp | Buch |
Auflage | 2006 |
Copyrightjahr | 2015 |
Verlag | Springer, Berlin |
Umfang | XXVII, 760 Seiten |
Abbildungen | XXVII, 760 p. |
Sprache | Englisch |