Earth from above : using color-coded satellite images to examine the global environment
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Earth from above : using color-coded satellite images to examine the global environment
University Science Books, c1997
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Description and Table of Contents
Description
Written by a NASA scientist, this is the first book specifically aimed at teaching the reader how to interpret the colour-coded maps produced from raw satellite data. The author identifies six major environmental topics - atmospheric ozone, polar sea ice, continental snow cover, sea surface temperatures, land vegetation and volcanoe - for which radiative data collected by satellites is providing new global information. By learning to read the illustrative examples, the reader should become capable of reading and understanding all well-labelled, colour-coded satellite images.
Table of Contents
Introduction: Visible Images for Space.- Radiation.- Atmospheric Ozone and the Antarctic Ozone Hole.- Polar Sea Ice.- Continental Snow Cover.- Sea Surface Temperatures and the El Nino.- Land Vegetation.- Volcanoes.- Conclusions: Strengths and Limitations of Satellite Data.
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