Remote Sensing and Climate Dynamics

Monitoring Impacts, Understanding Change, and Guiding Solutions
Erscheinungsjahr 2027
ISBN: 978-0-443-49080-4
Verlag: Elsevier Science

Buch, Englisch, 425 Seiten, Format (B × H): 191 mm x 235 mm

Remote Sensing and Climate Dynamics: Monitoring Impacts, Understanding Change, and Guiding Solutions explores how remote sensing technologies are revolutionizing climate science. The book provides critical data to observe and analyze Earth's changing climate system, covering the urgency of climate change monitoring and the unique advantages of remote sensing. It details the wide array of remote sensing tools, sensors, and platforms that enable precise measurement of atmospheric, oceanic, and terrestrial variables. Readers will find sections on how remote sensing tracks essential climate indicators such as surface and atmospheric temperatures, precipitation, soil moisture, cryosphere dynamics, sea level changes, and ocean health.

Further, the book explores the impacts of climate change on terrestrial ecosystems, coastal zones, and human settlements, highlighting methodologies for assessing vulnerability and resilience. It also addresses how remote sensing supports climate mitigation efforts through carbon cycle monitoring and emission verification, while aiding adaptation planning via risk assessments and early warning systems. Supplementary appendices provide valuable resources on terminology, satellite missions, and data workflows.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Pradhan, Biswajeet

Tripathi, Akshar

Tiwari, Reet Kamal

Fachgebiete

• Geowissenschaften Geologie Geologie
• Wirtschaftswissenschaften Betriebswirtschaft Unternehmensforschung
• Geowissenschaften Geologie Meteorologie, Klimatologie
• Mathematik | Informatik EDV | Informatik Business Application Unternehmenssoftware

Inhaltsverzeichnis

PART I: FOUNDATIONS – THE CLIMATE SYSTEM AND THE REMOTE SENSING TOOLKIT

1. Observing a Planet in Flux
2. The Climate System: Key Processes, Feedbacks, and Change Drivers
3. The Remote Sensing Arsenal: Principles, Platforms, and Data

PART II: MONITORING CLIMATE COMPONENTS AND DYNAMICS

4. The Warming Signal: Monitoring Surface and Atmospheric Temperatures
5. The Hydrological Cycle in Motion: Precipitation, Evaporation, and Soil Moisture
6. The Frozen Realm: Cryosphere Dynamics
7. Oceans in Transition: Sea Level, Circulation, and Acidification Proxies

PART III: ASSESSING CLIMATE CHANGE IMPACTS AND VULNERABILITY

8. Terrestrial Ecosystems Under Stress
9. Coastal Zones and the Rising Sea-Level
10. Human Dimensions: Vulnerability, Equity, and Governance

PART IV: REMOTE SENSING FOR CLIMATE SOLUTIONS AND THE FUTURE

11. Supporting Mitigation: Carbon Cycle Monitoring and Verification
12. Informing Adaptation and Resilience Planning
13. Integrating Remote Sensing with Climate Models: Data Assimilation, Validation, and Forecasting
14. From Pixels to Policy: Data Integration, Decision Support, and Challenges
15. The Future is Now: AI, Next-Generation Missions, and the Path to an Integrated Observing System

Über Autor(innen)

Pradhan, Biswajeet
Biswajeet Pradhan is a distinguished professor at the School of Civil and Environmental Engineering, University of Technology Sydney, Australia. He is an international expert in data-driven modeling and a pioneer in combining spatial modeling with statistical and machine learning models for natural hazard predictions, including landslides. He has a strong research record, with more than 600 journal articles. He is an interdisciplinary researcher whose publications span multiple research areas, including geological and geo-environmental engineering.

Tripathi, Akshar
Dr. Tripathi is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Civil & Environmental Engineering at the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Patna. He holds a Ph.D. in Remote Sensing from IIT Ropar, where he was the department’s first doctoral graduate, completing his degree in a record 2 years and 10 months. A distinction holder in both his B.Tech (SRM University) and M.Tech (IIRS–ISRO), Dr. Tripathi has served in various academic and research roles, including Postdoctoral Research Associate at IIT Kanpur and Postdoctoral Fellow at Tel Aviv University, Israel. His expertise lies in Synthetic Aperture Radar (SAR) remote sensing, multi-sensor integration, and AI-driven modeling for agriculture, and disaster assessment. He has published over 30 scholarly works and serves as Guest Editor for Springer and Frontiers journals, and Editor for Scientific Reports (Nature). He is also an active science communicator, poet, and columnist, with deep interests in geopolitics and heritage conservation.

Tiwari, Reet Kamal
Dr. Reet Kamal Tiwari received his M.Sc. degree in geology, M.Tech. degree in remote sensing and geographic information systems, and PhD degree in Earth sciences from the Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Roorkee, India, in 2007, 2009, and 2015, respectively. In 2013, he joined the Centre for Glaciology, Wadia Institute of Himalayan Geology, India, as a scientist. Since March 2017, he has been an assistant professor with the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology (IIT) Ropar, India. His research interests include geospatial technology applications in the fields of snow, ice and glaciers, climate change, natural resource management, environmental monitoring, and planetary sciences. He has secured over 15 Crore (INR) research funding, received multiple fellowships, held editorial positions, and is an IEEE Senior Member, advancing electronics, image processing, and geospatial intelligence. He is Senior IEEE member and an active member of various international and national societies, such as Indian Society of Remote Sensing (ISRS), IEEE Geosciences and Remote Sensing Society (GRSS), and the International Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ISPRS).