Observing Our Environment from Space - New Solutions for a New Millenn

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Observing Our Environment from Space - New Solutions for a New Millennium

ABSTRACT

This work reflects preoccupations with the threats posed to our environment due to climatic factors, major and natural hazards of all kinds and demographic influences. Topics covered include land surface processes, coastal zones and atmospheric risks.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

part |5 pages

Welcome Address

chapter |3 pages

The Institut Géographique National: Training, research and production

part |19 pages

Keynote lectures

chapter |13 pages

The Kyoto Protocol: Legal statements, associated phenomena and potential impacts

chapter |3 pages

GMES Initiative

part 1|27 pages

Land Surface Processes

chapter |10 pages

Meteorological and Earth observation remote sensing data for mass movement preparedness

chapter |8 pages

Snow avalanche risk assessment supported by remote sensing

chapter |7 pages

The use of satellite documents for studying geomorphological risks in the Romanian Carpathians

part 2|37 pages

Ocean, Ice and Coastal Zones

chapter |8 pages

On the use of radar imagery for coastal sea bed changes and its potential in identifying submerged hazards

chapter |8 pages

Some methodological enhancements to INSAR surveying of polar ice caps

chapter |5 pages

Remote sensing of chlorophyll and temperature in coastal upwelling system

chapter |8 pages

Coastal zone hazards in India: Study based on remote sensing and GIS techniques

chapter |5 pages

Sea surface temperatures of the northwest coast of the Iberian peninsula using A VHRR data

part 3|29 pages

Fires

chapter |7 pages

A neural network approach for monitoring spatial-temporal behaviour of multiple fire phenomena with NOAA-AVHRR images

chapter |8 pages

Monitoring of active fire by the airborne imaging spectrometer MIVIS

chapter |5 pages

Relationship between drought indicators based on remote sensing and forest fires incidence in Spain

chapter |5 pages

Use of satellite images in researching the impacts of forest fires. A case study: Gallipoli National Park

part 4|43 pages

Atmospheric Risks

chapter |7 pages

Evaluation of “Mitch” hurricane damages in Central America using satellite imagery

chapter |7 pages

Influence of the three-dimensional effects on the simulation of landscapes in thermal infrared

chapter |6 pages

Evaluating offshore wind energy resource by spaceborne radar sensors: Toward a multi-source approach

chapter |5 pages

Satellite data for air pollution mapping over a city – virtual stations

chapter |5 pages

The devastation of Venezuela by heavy rains in December 1999: Disaster monitoring and evaluation of damages using ERS InSAR tandem data and SPOT images

chapter |7 pages

Spatio-temporal pattern formation in rainfall from remote sensing observation

part 5|58 pages

Sensors, Systems and Methods

chapter |5 pages

A numerical analysis of the accuracy of laboratory and field goniometer measurements

chapter |4 pages

Accuracy of high-pulse-rate laser scanners for digital target models

chapter |5 pages

MERIS for terrestrial remote sensing

chapter |5 pages

Forest stand parameters from SPOT-XS data by use of artificial neural networks

chapter |6 pages

Processing techniques for CORONA satellite images in order to generate high-resolution digital Elevation models (DEM)

chapter |6 pages

Development of a solar spectro-irradiometer for the validation of remotely sensed hyperspectral images

chapter |5 pages

Evaluation of linear mixture modelling of urban areas in Landsat TM satellite imagery

chapter |5 pages

Spectral signatures of cultivated crops for GIS-supported applications in precision farming

chapter |5 pages

Integration of land topography for the improvement of the spatial images classification. Application on the steppic area of Aflou (North of Laghouat, Algeria)

chapter |4 pages

Development of an algorithm of absolute atmospheric correction for multitemporal satellite images. Application to the region of Oran (West of Algeria)

part 6|47 pages

Natural Hazards

chapter |9 pages

Space technologies for flood risk management: from images to products and services

chapter |8 pages

FORMIDABLE: An advanced tool for the information management of natural disasters

chapter |6 pages

High spatial resolution image and digital elevation model data for watershed analysis

chapter |7 pages

Detection of storm losses in Alpine forest areas by different methodical approaches using high-resolution satellite data

chapter |6 pages

Natural disaster monitoring by remote sensing in Hungary: waterlogging and floods in the 1998-2001 period

chapter |7 pages

Seismotectonic activity in Dinaric Alps based on satellite data and geophysical survey

part 7|38 pages

Water

chapter |5 pages

Monitoring and water pollution modelling of the Bosphorus by regression analysis using multitemporal Landsat-TM data

chapter |4 pages

Determination of snow water equivalent from passive microwave measurements over boreal forests in Canada

chapter |7 pages

Remote sensing applications for sustainable watershed management and food security

chapter |6 pages

Contribution of GIS to the planning and management of irrigation. Application to Zriga (Western Algeria)

chapter |4 pages

Using satellite data for land use change detection: a case study for Terkos water basin, Istanbul

chapter |8 pages

The use of LANDSAT7 ETM + - and SeaWiFS-data to detect sediment plumes in the Rio de la Plata

part 8|13 pages

Health and Risk Management Strategies

chapter |4 pages

Disaster mitigation via telecommunications: the Tampere Convention

chapter |7 pages

Space surveillance of epidemics: Case of the Rift Valley fever

part 9|74 pages

Monitoring

chapter |6 pages

A multiresolution modelling approach for semi-automatic extraction of streets: application to high-resolution images from the IKONOS satellite

chapter |4 pages

Monitoring natural disasters and ‘hot spots’ of land cover change with SPOT VEGETATION data to assess regions at risks

chapter |9 pages

The use of temporal variograms in the analysis of long term global image data

chapter |8 pages

Integrating spectral and textural information for land cover mapping

chapter |5 pages

The estimation of the herbaceous biomass in the Sahelian pastoral zone using a GIS

chapter |8 pages

Radargrammetry helps fight hunger in Ethiopia

chapter |6 pages

Use of multiresolution and multitemporal remote sensing data for sand study around Al-Hassa oasis

chapter |4 pages

Satellite map of the Narew river national park

chapter |5 pages

Examining the land-use classes by means of digital elevation model and remotely sensed data

chapter |6 pages

Geomorphological map (Tykocin sheet). Methodology

chapter |8 pages

Remote sensing imagery in monitoring spatial pattern changes in forest landscape