Monitoring and Modeling of Global Changes: A Geomatics Perspective
The chapters in this book present state-of-the-art geomatics technologies applied in global environmental studies. This text provides the latest research findings and delivers complete references to related publications. This book will motivate the underg
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Jonathan Li Xiaojun Yang Editors
Monitoring and Modeling of Global Changes: A Geomatics Perspective
Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry
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Jonathan Li • Xiaojun Yang Editors
Monitoring and Modeling of Global Changes: A Geomatics Perspective
Editors Jonathan Li Department of Geography and Environmental Management University of Waterloo Waterloo, ON, Canada
Xiaojun Yang Department of Geography Florida State University Tallahassee, FL, USA
ISSN 2198-0721 ISSN 2198-073X (electronic) Springer Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry ISBN 978-94-017-9812-9 ISBN 978-94-017-9813-6 (eBook) DOI 10.1007/978-94-017-9813-6 Library of Congress Control Number: 2015946987 Springer Dordrecht Heidelberg New York London © Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2015 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are reserved by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper Springer Science+Business Media B.V. Dordrecht is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
Global change studies are growingly considered a vital source of information to understand the Earth environment, especially in the framework of human-induced climate change and land use transformation. Earth observing systems and geomatics technologies provide a unique tool to monitor and model those changes, respectively. While the range of applications and innovative techniques is constantly increasing, this book provides a summary of key study cases where the Earth observation data offers critical information to understand both the causes and consequences of global change and the geomatics technologies provide powerful tools to model and analyze the effects of those global environmental changes, toward minimizing their negative impacts. This book focuses on the monitoring and modeling aspects in global changes and provides the state of the art in geomatics technologies for detecting and modeling global landscape dynamics. This volume includes 15 chapters, whic
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