Remote Sensing of Hydrometeorological Hazards
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- Synopsis
- Extreme weather and climate change aggravate the frequency and magnitude of disasters. Facing atypical and more severe events, existing early warning and response systems become inadequate both in scale and scope. Earth Observation (EO) provides today information at global, regional and even basin scales related to agrometeorological hazards. This book focuses on drought, flood, frost, landslides, and storms/cyclones and covers different applications of EO data used from prediction to mapping damages as well as recovery for each category. It explains the added value of EO technology in comparison with conventional techniques applied today through many case studies.
- Copyright:
- 2018
Book Details
- Book Quality:
- Publisher Quality
- Book Size:
- 525 Pages
- ISBN-13:
- 9781351650977
- Related ISBNs:
- 9780367572730, 9781498777582, 9781315154947
- Publisher:
- CRC Press
- Date of Addition:
- 07/11/23
- Copyrighted By:
- George P. Petropoulos, Tanvir Islam
- Adult content:
- No
- Language:
- English
- Has Image Descriptions:
- No
- Categories:
- Nonfiction, Technology, Mathematics and Statistics
- Submitted By:
- Bookshare Staff
- Usage Restrictions:
- This is a copyrighted book.
- Edited by:
- George P. Petropoulos
- Edited by:
- Tanvir Islam