Earth Observations for Addressing Global Challenges

• Autore: Liou Yuei-An
• Pubblicazione: Basel, Switzerland, : MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute, 2020
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (248 p.)
• Soggetto topico: Environmental economics; Research & information: general
• Soggetto non controllato: arid region; calibration; China; classification; climatic factor; cloud fraction; cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning; comparison; crop; diurnal cycle; driving force; Earth observation; Earth Observation (EO); El Niño 2015-16; EVI; GNSS-R; grey relational analysis (GRA); ice; Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR); integrated liquid water; integrated water vapour; land management unit; land surface temperature; land use; Land use and land cover (LULC); leaf area index; marine; microwave radiometer; MODIS; MODIS GPP product; n/a; oasis-desert ecosystem; optical sensors; particulate matter (PM10); platform; polar; radiative kernel; radiometer; remote sensing; SAR; satellite; self-learning; sensors; snow albedo feedback; snow albedo radiative forcing; sulfur dioxide (SO2); surface urban heat island; terrestrial ecosystem; trace gases; training data; uncertainty; Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere; urban heat island; VIS/NIR imager; weather
• Persona (resp. second.): BarriotJean-Pierre; HoChung-Ru; KuleshovYuriy; LeeChyi-Tyi; LiouYuei-An
• Sommario/riassunto: "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.
• Titolo autorizzato: Earth Observations for Addressing Global Challenges
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910557664003321
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