Advances in earth observation of global change [electronic resource] / edited by Emilio Chuvieco, Jonathan Li, Xiaojun Yang.
Global Change studies are increasingly being considered a vital source of information to understand the Earth Environment, in particular in the framework of human-induced climate change and land use transformation. Satellite Earth Observing systems provide a unique tool to monitor those changes. Whi...
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Table of Contents:
- Preface; Contents; Contributors; 1 The Role of Small Satellite Missions in Global Change Studies; 2 Spatial Pattern Analysis of Water-Driven Land Cover Change in Aridzone, Northwest of China; 3 A Spatial Logistic Regression Model for Simulating Land Use Patterns: A Case Study of the Shiraz Metropolitan Area of Iran; 4 Abu Dhabi Island: Analysis of Development and Vegetation Change Using Remote Sensing (19722000); 5 Remote Sensing of Coastal Water Quality in the Baltic Sea Using MERIS; 6 Remote Sensing for Water Quality Monitoring in Apalachicola Bay, USA.