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Monitoring and modeling of global changes a geomatics perspective

Contributor(s): Language: English Series: Springer remote sensing/photogrammetryPublication details: Springer 2015Description: 320p. ill. 24 cmISBN:
  • 9789401798129
Subject(s): LOC classification:
  • 526.982 $2 18
Partial contents:
Land Change Modeling: Status and Challenges -- Modeling the Effects of Land Use Change and Climate Change on Stream Flow Using GIS and a Hydrological Model -- Combining Different Data Sources for City Growth Analysis and Architectural Heritage Mapping -- Long-Term Change Dynamics Using Landsat Archive for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada -- Influence of Political Regime Change to Land Use Development in Urban Areas in the Czech Republic -- Mapping Sea Ice from Satellite SAR Imagery -- Landscape Ecological Mapping for Biodiversity Evaluation Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data -- Grassland Productivity Simulation: Integrating Remote Sensing and an Ecosystem Process Model -- Glaciological Studies at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) Based on Aerial Photographs -- Mapping Coastal Erosion Risk in the Southern Red River Delta, Vietnam -- Modelling Shallow Landslide Risk Using GIS and a Distributed Hydro-geotechnical Model -- An Integrated Model for Assessing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Considering Climate Change Mitigation and Flood Risk Adaptation Interaction -- Support Vector Machines for Land Cover Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery -- Digital Processing of SAR Data and Image Analysis Techniques -- Development of a New Wetness Index Based on RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Data.
Summary: Presents state-of-the-art geomatics technologies applied in global environmental studies. This text provides the latest research findings and delivers complete references to related publications. Global Change studies are increasingly considered a vital source of information to understand the Earth Environment, especially in the framework of human-induced, climate change and land use transformation. Satellite Earth Observing systems and geomatics technologies provide a unique tool to monitor and model the changes, respectively. While the range of applications and innovative techniques are always increasing, this book provides a summary of key study cases where satellite data offers critical information to understand the usefulness of the geomatics technologies and global environmental issues. Geomatics technologies provide powerful tools to model and analyse the effects of those global environmental changes towards minimizing their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.

Land Change Modeling: Status and Challenges -- Modeling the Effects of Land Use Change and Climate Change on Stream Flow Using GIS and a Hydrological Model -- Combining Different Data Sources for City Growth Analysis and Architectural Heritage Mapping -- Long-Term Change Dynamics Using Landsat Archive for the Region of Waterloo in Ontario, Canada -- Influence of Political Regime Change to Land Use Development in Urban Areas in the Czech Republic -- Mapping Sea Ice from Satellite SAR Imagery -- Landscape Ecological Mapping for Biodiversity Evaluation Using Airborne Laser Scanning Data -- Grassland Productivity Simulation: Integrating Remote Sensing and an Ecosystem Process Model -- Glaciological Studies at Pasterze Glacier (Austria) Based on Aerial Photographs -- Mapping Coastal Erosion Risk in the Southern Red River Delta, Vietnam -- Modelling Shallow Landslide Risk Using GIS and a Distributed Hydro-geotechnical Model -- An Integrated Model for Assessing Carbon Dioxide Emissions Considering Climate Change Mitigation and Flood Risk Adaptation Interaction -- Support Vector Machines for Land Cover Mapping from Remote Sensor Imagery -- Digital Processing of SAR Data and Image Analysis Techniques -- Development of a New Wetness Index Based on RADARSAT-1 ScanSAR Data.

Presents state-of-the-art geomatics technologies applied in global environmental studies. This text provides the latest research findings and delivers complete references to related publications. Global Change studies are increasingly considered a vital source of information to understand the Earth Environment, especially in the framework of human-induced, climate change and land use transformation. Satellite Earth Observing systems and geomatics technologies provide a unique tool to monitor and model the changes, respectively. While the range of applications and innovative techniques are always increasing, this book provides a summary of key study cases where satellite data offers critical information to understand the usefulness of the geomatics technologies and global environmental issues. Geomatics technologies provide powerful tools to model and analyse the effects of those global environmental changes towards minimizing their adverse impacts on human health and the environment.