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Remote Sensing of Climate

  • 1st Edition - August 9, 2024
  • Latest edition
  • Editors: Timothy Dube, Munyaradzi Davis Shekede, Cletah Shoko, Terence Mushore
  • Language: English

Remote Sensing of Climate provides cutting-edge techniques in remote sensing of climate variability and the environment. The book focuses on methods and data analytics, advanceme… Read more

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Description

Remote Sensing of Climate provides cutting-edge techniques in remote sensing of climate variability and the environment. The book focuses on methods and data analytics, advancements in scientific research in the field, and further proffers recommendations on the possible knowledge gaps and future scientific research directions. It covers eight key themes of remote sensing and climate variability, including discussions on how the various aspects from each chapter of the themes interrelate. It also integrates several divergent perspectives on remote sensing and climate variability and the environment to show the interrelationships between the perspectives.

This is an important reference for those in education and research working on remote sensing and climate science who need methods, data analytics, case studies, research strides, and key knowledge gaps in the field.

Key features

  • Discusses advancements and future research directions in remote sensing for climate variability in a variety of environments
  • Includes simplified and condensed methodologies and data analytics
  • Provides case studies on remote sensing of climate variability, both of the Northern hemisphere temperate systems which are little affected by climate variability, and the greater-impacted global south

Readership

Researchers, technicians, professors and advanced postgraduate students working in the fields of remote sensing, GIScience, climate change, environmental science, geography and spatial planning

Table of contents

1. Climate Variability: An introduction

2. Remote Sensing Technology and Advancements

3. Measuring Climate Variability in Agriculture, Rangelands and Natural Ecosystems

4. Measuring Climate Variability Impacts on Wetlands

5. Measuring Climate Variability and Urban Environments

6. Measuring Climate Variability and Water Resources

7. Climate Management through Remote Sensing and Policy Development

8. Opportunities, Progress and Future Prospects

Product details

  • Edition: 1
  • Latest edition
  • Published: August 12, 2024
  • Language: English

About the editors

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Timothy Dube

Timothy Dube is Professor of GIScience and Earth Observation in Environmental Science and Water. His research interests include the use of cutting-edge satellite and in-situ Earth Observation technologies in tracking the impacts of climate change, and in monitoring water resources and the environment. Professor Dube received the University of the Western Cape’s 2018 DVC Research and Innovation Award, and is an editor for the journal of Remote Sensing Applications: Society and Environment' (RSASE) and the Scientific African Journal.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Earth Sciences, University of the Western Cape, Cape Town, South Africa

MS

Munyaradzi Davis Shekede

Dr Munyradzi Davis Shekede is a spatial ecologist and a Senior Lecturer with experience in Geographic Information Science and Earth observation applications in natural resources management. Dr Shekede’s research interests are in the applications of Earth observation and Geoinformation science to understanding Earth system dynamics focusing on climate change, socio-ecological systems, and water resources. He has expertise in GIS, earth observation, environmental modeling, natural hazard modeling and assessment, environmental impact assessments and spatial ecology.
Affiliations and expertise
Department of Geography Geospatial Sciences and Earth Observation, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

CS

Cletah Shoko

Dr Cletah Shoko is a Senior lecturer in Geospatial Sciences in the Department of Geography at the University of the Witwatersrand. She focuses on Geoinformation science and Earth observation applications in environmental assessment and monitoring, as well as their response to environmental change. Her research interests also include the development and testing of geospatial based models to derive essential information that can be used in biodiversity conservation, climate change mitigation and adaption, and disaster analysis.
Affiliations and expertise
Division of Geography School of Geography, Archaeology and Environmental Studies, University of Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa

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Terence Mushore

Dr Terence Darlington Mushore is an experienced research scientist in remote sensing, disaster management, environmental management and climate science. Recently he was involved in a national project which revised agroecological regions of Zimbabwe using geospatial techniques. Following Cyclone Idai of 2019, he was also involved in a project to help affected communities understand interactions between climate and the environment. He is a seasoned Climate Scientist with experience in short, medium and long range forecasting as well as in applied Climate fields. His research interests involve efforts to understand and minimize impacts of adverse climate to socio-economic activities. Currently his research focuses on observation, monitoring and modelling the interaction between land surface and the thermal environment in urban areas of Africa using Remote Sensing.
Affiliations and expertise
Physics Department, Faculty of Science, University of Zimbabwe, Harare, Zimbabwe

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