Scientific Satellite and Moon-Based Earth Observation for Global Change

• Main Authors: Guo, Huadong (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Fu, Wenxue (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut), Liu, Guang (http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Singapore : Springer Singapore : Imprint: Springer, 2019.
• Edition: 1st ed. 2019.
• Subjects: Remote sensing.; Geophysics.; Physical geography.; Climate change.; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Geophysics/Geodesy.; Earth System Sciences.; Climate Change.

Global change involves complex and far-reaching variations in the Earth's systems, and satellite observations have been widely used in global change studies. Over the past five decades, Earth observation has developed into a comprehensive system that can conduct dynamic monitoring of the land,...

Table of Contents:

• Introduction
• Part 1 Earth Observation Satellites
• Development of Earth observation Satellites. -U.S. Earth Observation Satellites
• European Earth Observation Satellites
• Other Earth Observation Satellites.-Chinese Earth Observation Satellites
• Plans of Global Integrated Earth Observation
• Part 2 Scientific Satellite Series for Global Change
• Earth Observation and Scientific Satellites for Global Change
• Atmospheric Carbon Satellite
• Aerosol Satellite
• Night Light Satellite
• Forest Biomass Satellite
• Glacier Satellite
• Ocean Salinity Satellite
• Part 3 New Directions of Global Change Observation from Space
• Network of Multi-satellites for Global Change Observation
• Lunar-based Global Change Observation System
• Global Change Comparison between Planets and Earth.