| Author | : Valerio Tramutoli,Nicola Pergola |
| Publisher | : Elsevier |
| Release Date | : 2019-01-15 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9780128119976 |
| Pages | : 400 pages |
Robust Satellite Techniques for Natural and Man-made Hazards provides an introduction the Robust Satellite Techniques (RST) change detection method. This method is used to identify significant signal changes in a reliable way even in the presence of varying disturbing conditions, as they apply to natural, environmental, and industrial hazards. Providing both general and specific examples for the use of RST, Robust Satellite Techniques for Natural and Man-made Hazards offers a variety of applications for these techniques, spanning from natural hazard detection and environmental monitoring to industrial accident and terrorist attach early identification. Applicable to researchers, students, and policy makers alike in a variety of fields including Earth Sciences, Environmental Monitoring, and disaster risk reduction, this book is essential for understanding advanced applications and analyses of remote sensing data. Introduces a unique method to reliably detect hazards Addresses natural, environmental, and industrial hazards all in one compact resource Presents concepts in plain language to aid in multidisciplinary research and includes an appendix for non-experts in remote sensing Includes case studies and testing datasets with RST algorithms to reinforce concepts
| Author | : Bhupendra Jasani,Martino Pesaresi,Stefan Schneiderbauer,Gunter Zeug |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Release Date | : 2009-09-17 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781402084843 |
| Pages | : 297 pages |
David Stevens Space-based information, which includes earth observation data, is increasingly becoming an integral part of our lives. We have been relying for decades on data obtained from meteorological satellites for updates on the weather and to monitor weather-related natural disasters such as hurricanes. We now count on our personal satellite-based navigation systems to guide us to the nearest Starbucks Coffee and use web-based applications such as Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth to study the area of places we will or would like to visit. At the same time, satellite-based technologies have experienced impressive growth in recent years with an increase in the number of available sensors, an increase in spatial, temporal and spectral resolutions, an increase in the availability of radar satellites such as Terrasar-X and ALOS, and the launching of specific constellations such as the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), COSMO- SkyMed (COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) and RapidEye. Even more recent are the initiatives being set-up to ensure that space-based information is being accessed and used by decision makers, such as Sentinel Asia for the Asia and Pacific region and SERVIR for the Latin America and Caribbean region.
| Author | : Ramesh Singh,Darius Bartlett |
| Publisher | : CRC Press |
| Release Date | : 2018-03-22 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1351681206 |
| Pages | : 506 pages |
Over the years, the interactions between land, ocean, biosphere and atmosphere have increased, mainly due to population growth and anthropogenic activities, which have impacted the climate and weather conditions at local, regional and global scales. Thus, natural hazards related to climate changes have significantly impacted human life and health on different spatio-temporal scales and with socioeconomic bearings. To monitor and analyze natural hazards, satellite data have been widely used in recent years by many developed and developing countries. In an effort to better understand and characterize the various underlying processes influencing natural hazards, and to carry out related impact assessments, Natural Hazards: Earthquakes, Volcanoes, and Landslides, presents a synthesis of what leading scientists and other professionals know about the impacts and the challenges when coping with climate change. Combining reviews of theories and methods with analysis of case studies, the book gives readers research information and analyses on satellite geophysical data, radar imaging and integrated approaches. It focuses also on dust storms, coastal subsidence and remote sensing mapping. Some case studies explore the roles of remote sensing related to landslides and volcanoes. Overall, improved understanding of the processes leading to these hazardous events will help scientists predict their occurrence. Features Provides information on the physics and physical processes of natural hazards, their monitoring and the mapping of damages associated with these hazards Explains how natural hazards are strongly associated with coupling between land–ocean–atmosphere Includes a comprehensive overview of the role of remote sensing in natural hazards worldwide Examines risk assessment in urban areas through numerical modelling and geoinformation technologies Demonstrates how data analysis can be used to aid in prediction and management of natural hazards
| Author | : Masashi Hayakawa |
| Publisher | : John Wiley & Sons |
| Release Date | : 2015-10-19 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1118770161 |
| Pages | : 304 pages |
The latest achievements of earthquake prediction via radio communication systems, by the world′s leading authority Prof. Hayakawa is one of the world leaders in the field of seismo–electromagnetics for EQ prediction and this area of research is still evolving Presents the fundamentals of radio communications and radio propagation, using the radio noises and propagation anomalies as a precursor of earthquakes Considers the combination of different kinds of seismogenic electromagnetic signals of both natural and artificial character Timely topic following the recent sequence of highly destructive earthquakes around the world
| Author | : G. McCall,D. Laming,S. Scott |
| Publisher | : Springer Science & Business Media |
| Release Date | : 2013-03-08 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9400903812 |
| Pages | : 227 pages |
Dorrik A. V. Stow Editor in Chief, Association of Geoscientists for International Development ( AGID) AGID is particularly pleased to see published this latest hurricanes, floods-that are wreaking havoc, destroying report in its Geosciences in International Development livelihood and lives in some corner of the globe. Series, as a significant contribution to the onset of the UN As geoscientists there are perhaps three concerns that Decade of National Disaster Reduction, and as a mark of should be uppermost in our minds as we join an inter AGID's growing concern over the potential and actual national effort to combat the adverse effects of natural effects of geohazards throughout the developing world. hazards. The first must be to improve our scientific The problem of geohazards is increasing, not because understanding of the nature and causes of such hazards and to work towards more reliable prediction of their the rate of earth processes is accelerating, nor because the occurrence and magnitude.
| Author | : Ramesh P. Singh |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2004 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 109 pages |
| Author | : Olla, Phillip |
| Publisher | : IGI Global |
| Release Date | : 2007-07-31 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1599046261 |
| Pages | : 402 pages |
"This book explains the role of earth observation satellite initiatives to meet information needs. It details the importance of the space infrastructure to deliver IT capabilities such as mobile broadband Internet and mobile communication connectivity; it also offers a review of how space technology can influence the future of IT architecture in health, education, logistics, business, and accounting"--Provided by publisher.
| Author | : American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2003 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9781563475962 |
| Pages | : 1488 pages |
| Author | : European Space Agency |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1999 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2009 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : Maged Marghany |
| Publisher | : BoD – Books on Demand |
| Release Date | : 2016-06-08 |
| ISBN 10 | : 9535124439 |
| Pages | : 418 pages |
Nowadays, the innovation in space technologies creates a new trend for the Earth observation and monitoring from space. This book contains high quality and compressive work on both microwave and optical remote sensing applications. This book is divided into five sections: (i) remote sensing for biomass estimation, (ii) remote sensing-based glacier studies, (iii) remote sensing for coastal and ocean applications, (iv) sewage leaks and environment disasters, and (v) remote sensing image processing. Each chapter offers an opportunity to expand the knowledge about various remote sensing techniques and persuade researchers to deliver new research novelty for environment studies.
| Author | : S. Parasuraman (Anthropologist),P. V. Unnikrishnan |
| Publisher | : Oxford University Press, USA |
| Release Date | : 2000 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 384 pages |
Complete and comprehensive profile of disasters in the Indian subcontinent.
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1993 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1986 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : American Geophysical Union. Joint Assembly |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2004 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 542 pages |
| Author | : American Geophysical Union. Meeting |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2001 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : Christopher B. Field,Vicente Barros,Thomas F. Stocker,Qin Dahe |
| Publisher | : Cambridge University Press |
| Release Date | : 2012-05-28 |
| ISBN 10 | : 1107380103 |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
This Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Special Report (IPCC-SREX) explores the challenge of understanding and managing the risks of climate extremes to advance climate change adaptation. Extreme weather and climate events, interacting with exposed and vulnerable human and natural systems, can lead to disasters. Changes in the frequency and severity of the physical events affect disaster risk, but so do the spatially diverse and temporally dynamic patterns of exposure and vulnerability. Some types of extreme weather and climate events have increased in frequency or magnitude, but populations and assets at risk have also increased, with consequences for disaster risk. Opportunities for managing risks of weather- and climate-related disasters exist or can be developed at any scale, local to international. Prepared following strict IPCC procedures, SREX is an invaluable assessment for anyone interested in climate extremes, environmental disasters and adaptation to climate change, including policymakers, the private sector and academic researchers.
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 1995 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : N.A |
| Publisher | : N.A |
| Release Date | : 2001 |
| ISBN 10 | : |
| Pages | : 329 pages |
| Author | : National Research Council,Division on Earth and Life Studies,Commission on Geosciences, Environment and Resources,U.S. National Committee for the Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| Publisher | : National Academies Press |
| Release Date | : 1991-02-01 |
| ISBN 10 | : 0309045460 |
| Pages | : 76 pages |
Initial priorities for U.S. participation in the International Decade for Natural Disaster Reduction, declared by the United Nations, are contained in this volume. It focuses on seven issues: hazard and risk assessment; awareness and education; mitigation; preparedness for emergency response; recovery and reconstruction; prediction and warning; learning from disasters; and U.S. participation internationally. The committee presents its philosophy of calls for broad public and private participation to reduce the toll of disasters.