Overview
- Showcases global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensing of climate variability with examples
- Discusses the first probe at the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere
- Presents the applications of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV)/drones with examples
- Simplifies the theory of GNSS for environmentalists interested in its applications
- Presents the applications simply to motivate those involved in GNSS theory to push the boundaries
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
Part of the book series: Environmental Science and Engineering (ESE)
Part of the book sub series: Environmental Science (ENVSCIENCE)
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS)
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Front Matter
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Applications to Environmental Monitoring
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About this book
Since the publication of the first edition, much has changed in both the development and applications of GNSS, a satellite microwave remote sensing technique. It is the first tool to span all four dimensions of relevance to humans (position, navigation, timing and the environment), and it has widely been used for positioning (both by military and civilians), navigation and timing. Its increasing use is leading to a new era of remote sensing that is now revolutionizing the art of monitoring our environment in ways never imagined before.
On the one hand, nearly all GNSS satellites (Global Positioning System (GPS), Glo
bal Navigation Satellite System (GLONASS), Galileo and Beidou) have become operational, thereby providing high-precision, continuous, all-weather and near real- time remote sensing multi-signals beneficial to environmental monitoring. On the other hand, the emerging challenges of precisely monitoring climate change and the demand for the production of sufficient food for ever-increasing populations are pushing traditional monitoring methods to their limits.
In this regard, refracted GNSS signals (i.e., occulted GNSS signals or GNSS meteorology) are now emerging as sensors of climate variability, while the reflected signals (GNSS reflectometry or GNSS-R) are increasingly finding applications in determining, e.g., soil moisture content, ice and snow thickness, ocean heights, and wind speed and direction, among others. Furthermore, the increasing recognition and application of GNSS-supported unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV)/drones in agriculture (e.g., through the determination of water holding capacity of soil) highlights the new challenges facing GNSS.
As such, this new edition three new chapters address GNSS reflectometry and applications; GNSS sensing of climate variability; and the applications in UAV/drones. Moreover, it explores the application of GNSS to support integrated coastal zone management.
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Bibliographic Information
Book Title: GNSS Environmental Sensing
Book Subtitle: Revolutionizing Environmental Monitoring
Authors: Joseph Awange
Series Title: Environmental Science and Engineering
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-58418-8
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing AG 2018
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-58417-1Published: 12 September 2017
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-86402-0Published: 10 August 2018
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-58418-8Published: 04 September 2017
Series ISSN: 1863-5520
Series E-ISSN: 1863-5539
Edition Number: 2
Number of Pages: XXII, 452
Number of Illustrations: 10 b/w illustrations, 180 illustrations in colour
Additional Information: Originally published with the title/subtitle: Environmental Monitoring using GNSS/Global Navigation Satellite Systems
Topics: Environmental Management, Waste Water Technology / Water Pollution Control / Water Management / Aquatic Pollution, Nature Conservation