Earth System Monitoring: Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

ISBN-13: 9781461456834 / Angielski / Twarda / 2012 / 518 str.

John Orcutt

Opis

Modern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System. In Oceanography, for the past two centuries, ships have provided the platforms for observing. Expeditions on the continents and Earth's poles are land-based analogues. Fundamental understanding of current systems, climate, natural hazards, and ecosystems has been greatly advanced. While these approaches have been remarkably successful, the need to establish measurements over time can only be made using Earth observations and observatories with exacting standards and continuous data. The 19 peer-reviewed contributions in this volume provide early insights into this emerging view of Earth in both space and time in which change is a critical component of our growing understanding.

Spis treści

1. Earth System Monitoring, Introduction
2.  Airborne and Space-borne Remote Sensing of Cryosphere
3. Aircraft and Space Atmospheric Measurements Using Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)
4. Contemporary Sea Level Variations, Observations and Causes
5. Coral Reef Ecosystems
6. Earth System Environmental Literacy
7. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains
8. Heat Content and Temperature of the Ocean
9. Hurricane and Monsoon Tracking with Driftsondes
10. Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning
11. Long-Term Ecological Research Network
12. Ocean Acidification
13. Ocean Evaporation and Precipitation
14. Ocean Observatories and Information: Building a Global Ocean Observing Network
15. Oil Spill Remote Sensing
16. Remote Sensing Applications to Ocean and Human Health
17. Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters
18. Remote Sensing of Ocean Color
19. Volcanoes, Observations and Impact
Index

Blurb

Modern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System.  In Oceanography, for the past two centuries, ships have provided the platforms for observing.  Expeditions on the continents and Earth’s poles are land-based analogues. Fundamental understanding of current systems, climate, natural hazards, and ecosystems has been greatly advanced. While these approaches have been remarkably successful, the need to establish measurements over time can only be made using Earth observations and observatories with exacting standards and continuous data.  The 19 peer-reviewed contributions in this volume provide early insights into this emerging view of Earth in both space and time in which change is a critical component of our growing understanding.

Presents 19 authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

Covers a wide range of data collection platforms, including satellite remote sensing, aerial surveys, and land- and ocean-based monitoring stations

Features a glossary of key terms and a concise definition of the subject for each contribution

Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals in academia, industry, and government