04725nam 2201117z- 450 991055766400332120210501(CKB)5400000000044866(oapen)https://directory.doabooks.org/handle/20.500.12854/68659(oapen)doab68659(EXLCZ)99540000000004486620202105d2020 |y 0engurmn|---annantxtrdacontentcrdamediacrrdacarrierEarth Observations for Addressing Global ChallengesBasel, SwitzerlandMDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute20201 online resource (248 p.)3-03936-270-4 3-03936-271-2 "Earth Observations for Addressing Global Challenges" presents the results of cutting-edge research related to innovative techniques and approaches based on satellite remote sensing data, the acquisition of earth observations, and their applications in the contemporary practice of sustainable development. Addressing the urgent tasks of adaptation to climate change is one of the biggest global challenges for humanity. As His Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said, "Climate change is the defining issue of our time-and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat." For many years, scientists from around the world have been conducting research on earth observations collecting vital data about the state of the earth environment. Evidence of the rapidly changing climate is alarming: according to the World Meteorological Organization, the past two decades included 18 of the warmest years since 1850, when records began. Thus, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has launched initiatives across multiple societal benefit areas (agriculture, biodiversity, climate, disasters, ecosystems, energy, health, water, and weather), such as the Global Forest Observations Initiative, the GEO Carbon and GHG Initiative, the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network, and the GEO Blue Planet, among others. The results of research that addressed strategic priorities of these important initiatives are presented in the monograph.Environmental economicsbicsscResearch & information: generalbicsscarid regioncalibrationChinaclassificationclimatic factorcloud fractioncloud-to-ground (CG) lightningcomparisoncropdiurnal cycledriving forceEarth observationEarth Observation (EO)El Niño 2015-16EVIGNSS-Rgrey relational analysis (GRA)iceInner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR)integrated liquid waterintegrated water vapourland management unitland surface temperatureland useLand use and land cover (LULC)leaf area indexmarinemicrowave radiometerMODISMODIS GPP productn/aoasis-desert ecosystemoptical sensorsparticulate matter (PM10)platformpolarradiative kernelradiometerremote sensingSARsatelliteself-learningsensorssnow albedo feedbacksnow albedo radiative forcingsulfur dioxide (SO2)surface urban heat islandterrestrial ecosystemtrace gasestraining datauncertaintyUpper Troposphere Lower Stratosphereurban heat islandVIS/NIR imagerweatherEnvironmental economicsResearch & information: generalLiou Yuei-Anedt1314791Barriot Jean-PierreedtHo Chung-RuedtKuleshov YuriyedtLee Chyi-TyiedtLiou Yuei-AnothBarriot Jean-PierreothHo Chung-RuothKuleshov YuriyothLee Chyi-TyiothBOOK9910557664003321Earth Observations for Addressing Global Challenges3031970UNINA