Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change
Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change
Robert J. Gurney, University of Reading
James L. Foster, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
Claire L. Parkinson, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
James L. Foster, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
Claire L. Parkinson, NASA-Marshall Space Flight Center, Huntsville
December 1993
Unavailable - out of print March 2007
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9780521434676
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This timely volume provides an illustration of the variety of satellite-derived global data sets now available, their uses, advantages and limitations, and the range of variation that has already been observed with these data.
- Extensively illustrated by satellite images in full colour
- 1992 is International Space Year
- Book supported by the National Aeronautics and Space Administration
Reviews & endorsements
"...a well illustrated selection of articles on many of the applications, present or potential, of satellite data in studies of global change...the articles are well-written...as an introductory text in environmental remote sensing it represents considerable value for money." Times Education Supplement
"...those interested in paleoclimatology will benefit from a perusal of this book..." Quaternary Research
Product details
December 1993Hardback
9780521434676
484 pages
284 × 227 × 35 mm
1.998kg
25 b/w illus. 150 colour illus. 25 tables
Unavailable - out of print March 2007
Table of Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- Part I. Upper Atmosphere:
- 1. Solar irradiance
- 2. Radiation budget at the top of the atmosphere
- 3. Stratospheric chemistry, temperature and dynamics
- 4. Stratospheric ozone depletion
- 5. Stratospheric aerosols
- 6. Aurora
- Part II. Troposphere:
- 7. Water vapor and temperature
- 8. Winds over the ocean
- 9. Clouds
- 10. Precipitation
- 11. Tropospheric chemistry
- 12. Lightning
- Part III. Oceans:
- 13. Ocean surface topography and circulation
- 14. Sea surface temperature
- 15. Ocean biological productivity
- 16. Evaporation from the ocean
- Part IV. Ocean/Atmosphere Coupling:
- 17. El Nino oscillation: a view from space
- Part V. Land:
- 18. Opography
- 19. Global vegetation and deforestation
- 20. Desertification
- 21. Coastal change
- 22. Volcanoes
- Part VI. Cryosphere:
- 23. Snow cover
- 24. Global sea ice coverage
- 25. Ice sheets
- 26. Glaciers
- Part VII. Human-Induced Changes:
- 27. Indications and effects of human activities
- Conclusions and prospects.
