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Category : Astronautics
Languages : en
Pages : 490
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NASA Reference Publication
Author: NASA Technical Paper
Author: NASA Scientific and Technical Publications
Author: Understanding Climate
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Category : Atmospheric radiation
Languages : en
Pages : 92
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Annual Report of the Metropolitan Board of Health
Author: New York (N.Y.). Board of HealthPublisher:
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Category : Public health
Languages : en
Pages : 552
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High Spectral Resolution Infrared Remote Sensing for Earth’s Weather and Climate Studies
Author: Alain ChedinPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 3642845991
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 484
Book Description
One of major challenges facing Earth's science in the next decade and beyondis the development of an accurate long term observational data set to study global change. To accomplish this, a wide range of observations will be required to provide both new measurements, not previously achievable and measurements with a greater degreee of accuracy and resolution than the ones which are presently and currently available. Among the parameters that are currently retrieved from satellite vertical sounding observations, temperature and moisture profiles are the most important for the description of the thermodynamic state of the medium. Other parameters, like those describing the cloud fields, the surface state or the conditions close to the surface are also key parameters for meteorology and climatology. A new generation of high spectral atmospheric sounders in the infrared has recently been designed to provide both new and more accurate data about the atmosphere, land and oceans for application to climate studies. Among the important observations that these instruments should contribute to the climate data set are day and night global measurements of: atmospheric temperature profiles; relative humidity profiles; cloud field parameters; total ozone burden of the atmosphere; distribution of minor atmospehric gases (methane, carbonmonoxide and nitrous oxide).
The Sun as a Variable Star: Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variations
Author: Judit M. PapPublisher: Springer Science & Business Media
ISBN: 9401109508
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 321
Book Description
The IAU Colloquium No. 143 "The Sun as a Variable Star: Solar and Stellar Irradiance Variations" was held on June 20 - 25, 1993 at the Clarion Harvest House, Boulder, Colorado, USA. The main objective of this Colloquium was to review the most recent results on the observations, theoretical interpreta tions, and empirical and physical models of the variations observed in solar and stellar irradiances. A special emphasis of the Colloquium was to discuss the results gained on the climatic impact of solar irradiance variability. The study of changes in solar and stellar irradiances has been of high interest for a long time. Determining the absolute value of the luminosity of stars with different ages is a crucial question for the theory of stellar evolu tion and energy production of stellar interiors. Observations of the temporal changes of solar and stellar irradiances - in the entire spectral band and at different wavelengths - provide an additional tool for studying the physical processes below the photosphere and in the solar- stellar atmospheres. Since the Sun's radiative output is the main driver of the physical processes with in the Earth's atmosphere, the study of irradiance changes is an extremely important issue for climatic studies as well. Climatic models show that small, but persistent changes in solar irradiance may influence the Earth's climate.
Introduction to Remote Sensing
Author: Arthur P. CracknellPublisher: CRC Press
ISBN: 1420008978
Category : Science
Languages : en
Pages : 366
Book Description
Introduction to Remote Sensing, Second Edition provides a full and authoritative introduction for scientists who need to know the scope, potential, and limitations of remote sensing. Suitable for students and professionals with some background in the physical sciences, this book comprehensively surveys the basic principles behind remote sensing physics, techniques, and technology. It features updated and expanded material, including greater coverage of applications from across the earth, environmental, atmospheric, and oceanographic sciences. Illustrated with remotely sensed color images from satellites and aircraft, it also outlines data acquisition, interpretation, and analysis.
Earth Resources
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Category : Astronautics in earth sciences
Languages : en
Pages : 758
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