Environmental Monitoring using GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Syst
Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSS) are revolutionizing the world in a way their original developers never envisaged. From being military “war” tools, GNSS satellites are rapidly becoming “peace” tools that play a potentially critical role in
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Joseph L. Awange
Environmental Monitoring Using GNSS Global Navigation Satellite Systems
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Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences Maseno University Maseno Kenya Curtin University Perth Australia Karlsruhe Institute of Technology Karlsruhe Germany Kyoto University Kyoto Japan
ISSN 1863-5520 ISBN 978-3-540-88255-8 DOI 10.1007/978-3-540-88256-5
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At the time of submitting this book for publication, the world is mourning the first environmentalist to receive the Nobel Peace Prize honour, Prof. Wangari Maathai of Kenya. The Nobel peace laureate led a sustained campaign for environmental conservation with her Green Belt Movement planting more than 40 million trees across Africa. This book is dedicated to her. Perth (Australia), Karlsruhe (Germany), and Maseno (Kenya) Joseph L. Awange October 2011.
Foreword
Professor Awange has created a masterpiece in this work cleverly combining theoretical with practical aspects of the Global Navigation Satellite Systems. The work provides invaluable insights into the theories behind Global Navigation Satellite Systems, and proceeds to discuss a plethora of possible applications of the technology. This work comes at a very crucial time when environment is universally acknowledged as the platform upon which human socio-economic endeavors takes place. From the field of innovation economics, this work stands out because of its unrivaled attention to relevant applications of the technology in diverse areas ranging from urban infrastructure and pollution issues to monitoring of surface and underground water resources. Technologies only make sense when they can be cost-effectively applied to solving human problems and needs. Prof. Awange makes a good case for Global Navigation Satellite Systems as one of those technologies that is quietl
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