Observing Our Environment from Space: New Solutions for a New Millennium (Proceedings of the 21st EARSeL Symposium)

Hardcover, 435 pages, glossy colour plates (pp 411-35), NOT ex-lib. Previous owner's details covered by a blank sticker (front endpaper); else clean with unmarked text. Boards show small indentations (upper rear panel), gentle shelfwear. Issued without a dust jacket. -- Contents: Institut Géographique National: Training, research, production; Kyoto Protocol: Legal statements & potential impacts; GMES Initiative; 1 Land Surface Processes [Meteorological & Earth observation remote sensing data: mass movement preparedness; Snow avalanche risk assessment by remote sensing; Geomorphological risks: satellite documents]; 2 Ocean, Ice & Coastal Zones [Radar imagery: coastal sea bed changes & submerged hazards; Polar ice caps: INSAR surveying; Remote sensing of chlorophyll & temperature: coastal upwelling system; Coastal zone hazards in India; Sea surface temperatures: AVHRR data]; 3 Fires [Spatial-temporal behaviour of multiple fire phenomena: NOAA-AVHRR images; Active fire monitoring: airborne imaging spectrometer MIVIS; Drought indicators & forest fires incidence; Satellite images in researching the impacts of forest fires]; 4 Atmospheric Risks [Mitch hurricane damages evaluation: satellite imagery; Simulation of landscapes in thermal infrared: 3D effects; Offshore wind energy resource: spaceborne radar sensors; Air pollution mapping over a city; Venezuela heavy rains: monitoring & evaluation of damages by ERS InSAR tandem data & SPOT images; Spatio-temporal pattern formation in rainfall]; 5 Sensors, Systems, Methods [Accuracy numerical analysis: laboratory & field goniometer measurements; High-pulse-rate laser scanners accuracy: digital target models; Terrestrial remote sensing: MERIS; Forest stand parameters, SPOT-XS data: artificial neural networks; CoRoNA satellite images for high-resolution digital Elevation models DEM; Solar spectro-irradiometer: validation of remotely sensed hyperspectral images; Linear mixture modelling: urban areas in Landsat TM satellite imagery; Spectral signatures of cultivated crops for GIS-supported applications: precision farming; Integration of land topography: spatial images classification; Algorithm of absolute atmospheric correction: multitemporal satellite images]; 6 Natural Hazards [Flood risk management; FORMIDABLE: advanced information management of natural disasters; High spatial resolution image & digital elevation model data: watershed analysis; Storm losses in alpine forest: different methodical approaches, high-resolution satellite data; Natural disaster monitoring in Hungary: waterlogging & floods; Seismotectonic activity in Dinaric Alps: satellite data & geophysical survey]; 7 Water [Monitoring & water pollution modelling of the Bosphorus: regression analysis with multitemporal Landsat-TM data; Determination of snow water equivalent from passive microwave measurements over boreal forests; Sustainable watershed management & food security; Irrigation planning & management; Land use change detection; Use of LANDSATT ETM + - & SeaWiFS-data to detect sediment plumes]; 8 Health & Risk Management Strategies [Disaster mitigation via telecommunications; Space surveillance of epidemics]; 9 Monitoring [Multiresolution modelling approach for semi-automatic extraction of streets: IKONOS satellite; Monitoring natural disasters & hot spots of land cover change with SPOT VEGETATION data; Use of temporal variograms in the analysis of long term global image data; Integrating spectral & textural information for land cover mapping; Estimation of the herbaceous biomass in the Sahelian pastoral zone using a GIS; Radargrammetry helps fight hunger in Ethiopia; Multiresolution & multitemporal remote sensing data: sand study; Satellite map of the Narew river national park; Examining land-use classes by means of digital elevation model & remotely sensed data; Geomorphological map; Remote sensing imagery in monitoring spatial pattern changes: forest landscape]. …