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Mediterranean Land-surface Processes Assessed from Space

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Editors:
  1. Hans-Jürgen Bolle

    1. Mànchen, Germany

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  2. Matthias Eckardt

    1. Freie Universitüt Berlin lnstitut fàr Meteorologie, Berlin, Germany

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  3. Dirk Koslowsky

    1. Freie Universitüt Berlin lnstitut fàr Meteorologie, Berlin, Germany

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  4. Fabio Maselli

    1. CNR - Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET), Firenze, Italy

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  5. Joaquín Meliá Miralles

    1. Facultat de Fisica Dpt. de Tcrmodinàmica, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

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  6. Massimo Menenti

    1. CNR - Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli E Forestali, S. Sebastiano al Vesuvio (NA), Italy

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  7. Folke-Sören Olesen

    1. Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe lnstitut für Meteorologie und Klimaforsehung, Karlsmhe, Germany

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  8. Ljiljana Petkov

    1. Adriaan van Ostadelaan 5, EL Oegstgeest, The Netherlands

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  9. Ichtiaque Rasool

    1. Paris, France

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  10. Adriaan A. Griend

    1. AT Zeist, The Netherlands

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Table of contents (6 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-XXVII
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  2. Introduction

    Pages 1-50

  3. Processing and Archiving of Satellite and Ancillary Data

    Pages 51-135

  4. Radiative Processes of the Surface- Atmosphere System

    Pages 137-189

  5. Primary Level Products

    Pages 191-247

  6. Higher Level Variables and Their Validation

    Pages 249-368

  7. From Research to Application

    Pages 369-562

  8. Back Matter

    Pages 563-760
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1. 1 Space View and Ground Observations 1 1. 2 Mediterranean Climatic Environment 2 1. 3 Processes at Surfaces 10 1. 3. 1 Deforestation and Land-use Changes 10 1. 3. 2 Water Related Problems 16 1. 3. 3 Fire, Grazing, and Land Degradation 19 1. 3. 4 Drought, Floods, Frost, and Desertification 21 1. 3. 5 Coupling Between Surface and Atmosphere: The Role of the Atmospheric Boundary Layer 25 1. 4 Role and Capabilities of Measurements Made From Space 30 1. 4. 1 Research Programmes 30 1. 4. 2 Expected Information 32 1. 4. 3 Research Strategy 33 1. 4. 4 Observation of Changes in Heterogeneous Landscapes: Spatial and Temporal Scales 35 1. 4. 5 Land-surface Change Indicators Observable from Space 36 Spectral Characteristics of Vegetation and Soils (36); Responses of Remote Sensing Signals to Changes of Land-surface Properties (40) 1. 5 About this Book 48 Chapter 2 Processing and Archiving of Satellite and Ancillary Data 51 2. 1 Introduction 51 2. 2 The Remote Sensing Data Base 55 2. 2. 1 Satellite Instruments 55 The NOAA Observing System (55); Meteosat (57); Nimbus-7 (59); Landsat (59); SPOT (61); DMSP (62); ERS-1 and ERS-2 (62); TRMM (63); Terra (64); Envisat (65); Aqua (66) 2. 2. 2 Aircraft Instruments 66 The Use of Aircraft for Land-surface Process Studies (66); AVIRIS (67); TMS (68); AIRSAR (68); DIAL (69) 2. 3 Reception, Acquisition and Availability of Satellite Data 70 2. 3.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Mànchen, Germany

    Hans-Jürgen Bolle

  • Freie Universitüt Berlin lnstitut fàr Meteorologie, Berlin, Germany

    Matthias Eckardt, Dirk Koslowsky

  • CNR - Istituto di Biometeorologia (IBIMET), Firenze, Italy

    Fabio Maselli

  • Facultat de Fisica Dpt. de Tcrmodinàmica, Universitat de Valencia, Valencia, Spain

    Joaquín Meliá Miralles

  • CNR - Istituto Per I Sistemi Agricoli E Forestali, S. Sebastiano al Vesuvio (NA), Italy

    Massimo Menenti

  • Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe lnstitut für Meteorologie und Klimaforsehung, Karlsmhe, Germany

    Folke-Sören Olesen

  • Adriaan van Ostadelaan 5, EL Oegstgeest, The Netherlands

    Ljiljana Petkov

  • Paris, France

    Ichtiaque Rasool

  • AT Zeist, The Netherlands

    Adriaan A. Griend

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