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Title

TERRA-2 : understanding the terrestrial environment : remote sensing data systems and networks / edited by Paul M. Mather.

Publication

Chichester, West Sussex, Eng. ; New York : Wiley, [1994], ©1994.

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Additional Authors

• Mather, Paul M.
• Remote Sensing Society.
• British Aerospace (Firm)
• Natural Environment Research Council (Great Britain)

Description

xv, 237 pages : illustrations; 26 cm

Summary

• As greater volumes of data become available and models of environmental change become more complex, understanding the properties of data sets is becoming increasingly difficult in multi- and inter-disciplinary environmental change research. Much of the information on the Earth's land surfaces and the changes taking place thereon is provided by sensors carried on board orbiting satellites.
• Considerable effort is now being directed towards the development of electronic networks to provide data and metadata.
• This volume provides an overview of future sensor systems, ground processing facilities, and data and metadata networks from a European perspective, together with examples of applications.
• Compiled from edited papers presented at the TERRA 2 conference, an up-to-date survey of developments in these fields from a remote sensing perspective is given, providing information on a variety of European sensor systems carried by the ERS-2, including SPOT and Envisat platforms, new developments in AVHRR processing and global biosphere models, and the CEO, CIESIN, ESA GDS, GENIE and WETNET data and metadata initiatives.
• As a result, this book will prove to be a valuable source of reference to all researchers engaged in studies of land surface change and environmental change modelling.

Subject

Earth sciences > Remote sensing > Congresses

Note

• "Proceedings of an international conference held at Chester College, England, 14th & 15th September 1993, organised by the Remote Sensing Society, sponsored by British Aerospace (Space Systems) Ltd and the Natural Environment Research Council"--Pref.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references and index.

Contents

• Priorities of global ecology and implications for observations: the Russian experience since 1957 / K. Ya. Kondratyev -- The ATSR programme: instruments, data and science / J. E. Harries, D. T. Llewellyn-Jones, C. T. Mutlow, M. J. Murray, I. J. Barton and A. J. Prata -- The SPOT programme / M. Arnaud -- The ENVISAT-1 ground segment / R. Harris -- Improvements to the SPACE AVHRR pre-processing system / J. Martin, M. Millot and M. Stuttard -- The European Ground Segment: the contribution of the European Commission's Centre for Earth Observation / P. N. Churchill, G. Mancini, S. Ruddock and J. Ellis -- The Global 1 km Data Set from the Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer / J. R. G. Townshend and D. L. Skole -- The pre-processing and management of long-term AVHRR GAC data sets for use in continental-scale experiments / A. S. Belward, J.-P. Malingreau, M. J. Stuttard, R. J. Proud and C. D. Bamford -- Data sharing: an information co-operative / R. C. Cicone and V. J. Abreu.
• UK Global Environmental Change Federal Metadata Network / P. M. Mather and I. A. Newman -- Practical experiments in interoperability for Earth observation catalogues and its potential for improving access to data sets / B. D. Thomas, M. D. Elkington and M. S. Hutchins -- The challenge of metadata development in a multi-disciplinary environment / L. Wood, M. T. Bhatia and C. J. Burley -- The ESA Earth Observation Guide and Directory Service / G. Triebnig -- The WetNet project / C. Kidd and E. C. Barrett -- Relating polarimetric SAR data to surface properties: the MAC-Europe experiment / S. Quegan and I. Rhodes -- Ecology through spectrometry: the detection and classification of canopy gaps in deciduous woodlands / G. A. Blackburn and E. J. Milton -- A methodology for remotely sensing the stage of regeneration in tropical forests / P. J. Curran, G. M. Foody, R. M. Lucas and M. Honzak -- Calibration and validation data for global biosphere models / G. Thomas and S. G. White.
• Validating the results of the MARS Project / M. Sharman.

ISBN

0471954055 :

LCCN

94023083

OCLC

• 123244726
• ocn123244726

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries