1.

Record Nr.

UNIPARTHENOPE000020094

Autore

Griffin, Keith B.

Titolo

Under-development in Spanish America : an interpretation

Pubbl/distr/stampa

London : Allen & Unwin, 1969

Titolo uniforme

Under-development in Spanish America

Descrizione fisica

288 p. ; 24 cm

Collocazione

121/62

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910964565103321

Autore

McConnell Martha Clarke

Titolo

Uncertainty management in remote sensing of climate data : summary of a workshop / / Martha McConnell and Scott Weidman, rapporteurs

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, 2009

ISBN

0-309-14475-2

0-309-13959-7

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (63 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

WeidmanScott

Disciplina

363.73874

Soggetti

Satellite meteorology - United States - Data processing

Climatic changes - United States - Remote sensing - Data processing

Climatic changes - United States - Data processing - Management

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

"Board on Atmospheric Sciences and Climate, Climate Research Committee, Board on Mathematical Sciences and Their Applications, Committee on Applied and Theoretical Statistics, Space Studies Board, Committee on Earth Studies, Division on Earth and Life Studies, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council."

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.



Nota di contenuto

Intro -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- 1 Introduction -- 2 Cross-Cutting Issues -- 3 Concluding Thoughts -- References -- Appendix A: Workshop Agenda -- Appendix B: Summaries of Workshop Presentations -- Appendix C: Planning Committee andRapporteur Biographies.

Sommario/riassunto

Great advances have been made in our understanding of the climate system over the past few decades, and remotely sensed data have played a key role in supporting many of these advances. Improvements in satellites and in computational and data-handling techniques have yielded high quality, readily accessible data. However, rapid increases in data volume have also led to large and complex datasets that pose significant challenges in data analysis. Uncertainty characterization is needed for every satellite mission and scientists continue to be challenged by the need to reduce the uncertainty in remotely sensed climate records and projections. The approaches currently used to quantify the uncertainty in remotely sensed data lack an overall mathematically based framework. An additional challenge is characterizing uncertainty in ways that are useful to a broad spectrum of end-users.  In December 2008, the National Academies held a workshop, summarized in this volume, to survey how statisticians, climate scientists, and remote sensing experts might address the challenges of uncertainty management in remote sensing of climate data. The workshop emphasized raising and discussing issues that could be studied more intently by individual researchers or teams of researchers, and setting the stage for possible future collaborative activities.