Remote Sensing from Space

1. Front Matter

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2. Security, Crises and the Role of Earth Observation

   1. Definitions, Concepts and Geospatial Dimensions of Security

      • Clementine Burnley, Nathalie Stephenne, Dirk Buda, Daniele Ehrlich

      Pages 3-19

   2. European Security Policy and Earth Observation

      • Anthony Cragg, Dirk Buda, Albert Nieuwenhuijs

      Pages 21-31

   3. Satellite Based Information to Support European Crisis Response

      • Stefan Voigt, Jiri Trnka, Thomas Kemper, Torsten Riedlinger, André Husson

      Pages 33-45

3. The Contribution of GMOSS in the Context of GMES and Security

   1. The Security Dimension of GMES

      • Delilah Al-Khudhairy, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Hans-Joachim Lotz-Iwen

      Pages 49-58

   2. A Novel Approach to Capacity Building for Security Applications

      • Peter Zeil

      Pages 59-69

   3. Games and Scenarios in the Context of GMOSS

      • Adrijana Car, Ola Dahlman, Bengt Andersson, Peter Zeil

      Pages 71-86

   4. GMOSS: Infrastructure and Standards

      • Donna Kodz, Joseph Jobbings

      Pages 87-102

4. Image Processing Tools for Security Applications

   1. Feature Recognition Techniques

      • Andreas Wimmer, Iris Lingenfelder, Charles Beumier, Jordi Inglada, Simon J. Caseley

      Pages 105-118

   2. Change Detection Tools

      • Rob Dekker, Claudia Kuenzer, Manfred Lehner, Peter Reinartz, Irmgard Niemeyer, Sven Nussbaum et al.

      Pages 119-140

   3. Data Integration and Visualization for Crisis Applications

      • Robert Meisner, Stefan Lang, Erland Jungert, Alexander Almer, Dirk Tiede, Nils Sparwasser et al.

      Pages 141-160

   4. UNOSAT Grid

      • Einar Bjorgo, Alain Retiere

      Pages 161-164

5. Security Applications

   1. Treaty Monitoring

      • Mort Canty, Bhupendra Jasani, Iris Lingenfelder, Allan A. Nielsen, Irmgard Niemeyer, Sven Nussbaum et al.

      Pages 167-188

   2. Early Warnings and Alerts

      • Bhupendra Jasani, Valerio Tramutoli, Nicola Pergola, Carolina Filizzola, Daniele Casciello, Teodosio Lacava

      Pages 189-209

   3. Can Earth Observation Help to Improve Information on Population?

      • Daniele Ehrlich, Stefan Lang, Giovanni Laneve, Sarah Mubareka, Stefan Schneiderbauer, Dirk Tiede

      Pages 211-237

   4. From Real Time Border Monitoring to a Permeability Model

      • Nathalie Stephenne, Raphaële Magoni, Giovanni Laneve

      Pages 239-259

   5. Rapid Mapping and Damage Assessment

      • Bert van den Broek, Ralph Kiefl, Torsten Riedlinger, Klaas Scholte, Klaus Granica, Karlheinz Gutjahr et al.

      Pages 261-286

6. Back Matter

   Pages 287-297

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David Stevens Space-based information, which includes earth observation data, is increasingly becoming an integral part of our lives. We have been relying for decades on data obtained from meteorological satellites for updates on the weather and to monitor weather-related natural disasters such as hurricanes. We now count on our personal satellite-based navigation systems to guide us to the nearest Starbucks Coffee and use web-based applications such as Google Earth and Microsoft Virtual Earth to study the area of places we will or would like to visit. At the same time, satellite-based technologies have experienced impressive growth in recent years with an increase in the number of available sensors, an increase in spatial, temporal and spectral resolutions, an increase in the availability of radar satellites such as Terrasar-X and ALOS, and the launching of specific constellations such as the Disaster Monitoring Constellation (DMC), COSMO- SkyMed (COnstellation of small Satellites for the Mediterranean basin Observation) and RapidEye. Even more recent are the initiatives being set-up to ensure that space-based information is being accessed and used by decision makers, such as Sentinel Asia for the Asia and Pacific region and SERVIR for the Latin America and Caribbean region.

• Change detection
• Civil Security
• Crisis Management
• Europe
• Geoinformationssysteme
• International Security
• Mapping
• National Security
• Peace
• conflict
• geospatial
• image processing
• remote sensing
• satellite
• visualization
• remote sensing/photogrammetry

From the reviews:

“The book Remote Sensing from Space … is a collection of articles presenting an overview of various issues pertaining to earth observation and security issues. … the book presents a well written, comprehensive discussion that interweaves different disciplines … all related to the use of EO and security issues. … This allows the reader access to a wealth of information within a concise volume. This approach is not only useful but also necessary … .” (Michel Bourbonniere, Zeitschrift für Luft- und Weltraumtechnik, Vol. 59 (3), 2010)

• Department of War Studies, King's College London, London, UK

  Bhupendra Jasani

• Joint Research Centre, European Commission, Ispra, Italy

  Martino Pesaresi, Gunter Zeug

• EURAC Research, Institute for Applied Remote Sensing, Bolzano, Italy

  Stefan Schneiderbauer

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