Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data

• Main Author: Brown, Molly E. (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2008.
• Subjects: Environment.; Climate change.; Remote sensing.; Physical geography.; Environmental management.; Human geography.; Environmental Management.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.; Climate Change.; Physical Geography.; Human Geography.

This book describes the interdisciplinary work of USAID’s Famine Early Warning System Network (FEWS NET) and its in uence on how food security crises are identi ed, documented and the kind of responses that result. The book describes FEWS NET’s systems and methods for using satellite remote sensing...