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Table of contents (7 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Back Matter
About this book
This book describes the algorithms, validation and preliminary analysis of the Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) products, a long-term, high-quality dataset that is now freely available worldwide to government organizations and agencies, scientific research institutions, students and members of the general public.
The GLASS products include leaf area index, broadband albedo, broadband emissivity, downward shortwave radiation and photosynthetically active radiation. The first three GLASS products cover 1981 to 2012 with 1km and 5km spatial resolutions and 8-day temporal resolution, and the last two GLASS products span 2008 to 2010 with 3-hour temporal resolution and 5km spatial resolution. These GLASS products are unique. The first three are spatially continuous and cover the longest period of time among all current similar satellite products. The other two products are the highest spatial-resolution global radiation products from satellite observations that are currently available.
These products can be downloaded from Beijing Normal University at http://glass-product.bnu.edu.cn/ and the University of Maryland Global Land Cover Facility at http://www.glcf.umd.edu/
The GLASS products are the outcome of a key research project entitled “Generation & Applications of Global Products of Essential Land Variables”, supported by funding from the High-Tech Research and Development Program of China and involving dozens of institutions and nearly one hundred scientists and researchers.
Following an introduction, the book contains five chapters corresponding to these five GLASS products: background, algorithm, quality control and validation, preliminary analysis and applications. It discusses the long-term environmental changes detected from the GLASS products and other data sources at both global and local scales and also provides detailed analysis of regional hotspots where environmental changes are mainly associated with climatechange, drought, land-atmosphere interactions, and human activities.The book is based primarily on a set of published journal papers about these five GLASS products and includes updated information. Since these products have now begun to be widely used, this book is an essential reference document. It is also a very helpful resource to anyone interested in satellite remote sensing and its applications.
Authors and Affiliations
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Department of Geographical Sciences, University of Maryland, College Park, USA
Shunlin Liang
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College of Global Change and Earth System Science, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Xiaotong Zhang, Jie Cheng, Qiang Liu, Xiang Zhao
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School of Geography, Beijing Normal University, Beijing, People's Republic of China
Zhiqiang Xiao
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Global LAnd Surface Satellite (GLASS) Products
Book Subtitle: Algorithms, Validation and Analysis
Authors: Shunlin Liang, Xiaotong Zhang, Zhiqiang Xiao, Jie Cheng, Qiang Liu, Xiang Zhao
Series Title: SpringerBriefs in Earth Sciences
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-02588-9
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: The Author(s) 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-02587-2Published: 22 November 2013
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-02588-9Published: 05 November 2013
Series ISSN: 2191-5369
Series E-ISSN: 2191-5377
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: IX, 167
Number of Illustrations: 20 b/w illustrations, 73 illustrations in colour
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Physical Geography, Environmental Science and Engineering