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  • Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change

    NASA's Earth Observing System and the Science of ASTER and MODIS

    Edited by Bhaskar Ramachandran, Christopher O. Justice, Michael J. Abrams ...
    Series Book 11 - Remote Sensing and Digital Image Processing
    Land Remote Sensing and Global Environmental Change: The Science of ASTER and MODIS is an edited compendium of contributions dealing with ASTER and MODIS satellite sensors aboard NASA's Terra and Aqua platforms launched as part of the Earth Observing System fleet in 1999 and 2002 respectively. This volume is divided into six sections. The first three sections provide insights into the history, ... Read more

    $287.09 USD

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  • The Future of Humanity

    Terraforming Mars, Interstellar Travel, Immortality, and Our Destiny Beyond Earth

    by Michio Kaku ...
    **NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • The national bestselling author of The God Equation traverses the frontiers of astrophysics, artificial intelligence, and technology to offer a stunning vision of man's future in space, from settling Mars to traveling to distant galaxies.“Amazing … Kaku is in smooth perfect control of it the entire time.” —The Christian Science Monitor**We are entering a new Golden ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

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  • Mars Rover Curiosity

    An Inside Account from Curiosity's Chief Engineer

    by Rob Manning, William L. Simon ...
    The firsthand account of the trials and tribulations of engineering one of the most complex pieces of space technology, the Mars Rover Curiosity, by its chief engineer Rob ManningIn the course of our enduring quest for knowledge about ourselves and our universe, we haven't found answers to one of our most fundamental questions: Does life exist anywhere else in the universe? Ten years and billions ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

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  • Remote Sensing

    by Siamak Khorram, Frank H. Koch, Cynthia F. van der Wiele, Stacy A.C. Nelson ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    Remote Sensing provides information on how remote sensing relates to the natural resources inventory, management, and monitoring, as well as environmental concerns. It explains the role of this new technology in current global challenges. "Remote Sensing" will discuss remotely sensed data application payloads and platforms, along with the methodologies involving image processing techniques as ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Emissions of Air Pollutants

    Measurements, Calculations and Uncertainties

    Edited by Rainer Friedrich, Stefan Reis ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The scientific work described in this book is the result of an international coopera tion of over 60 researchers from many different European countries over more than 10 years. Considerable advances have been made in the development, appli cation and improvement of methods and models for the calculation of emissions. Work on the quantification of uncertainties of emission data could be enhanced ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Handbook of Satellite Orbits

    From Kepler to GPS

    by Michel Capderou ...
    Fifty years after Sputnik, artificial satellites have become indispensable monitors in many areas, such as economics, meteorology, telecommunications, navigation and remote sensing. The specific orbits are important for the proper functioning of the satellites. This book discusses the great variety of satellite orbits, both in shape (circular to highly elliptical) and properties (geostationary, ... Read more

    $575.09 USD

  • The Remote Sensing of Tropospheric Composition from Space

    Edited by John P. Burrows, Ulrich Platt, Peter Borrell ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    The impact of anthropogenic activities on our atmospheric environment is of growing public concern and satellite-based techniques now provide an essential component of observational strategies on regional and global scales. The purpose of this book is to summarise the state of the art in the field in general, while describing both key techniques and findings in particular. It opens with an ... Read more

    $143.09 USD

  • Space Systems for Disaster Warning, Response, and Recovery

    by Scott Madry ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This SpringerBrief provides a general overview of the role of satellite applications for disaster mitigation, warning, planning, recovery and response. It covers both the overall role and perspective of the emergency management community as well as the various space applications that support their work. Key insights are provided as to how satellite telecommunications, remote sensing, navigation ... Read more

    $49.99 USD

  • Principles of Applied Remote Sensing

    by Siamak Khorram, Cynthia F. van der Wiele, Frank H. Koch, Stacy A. C. Nelson, Matthew D. Potts ...
    Series series Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
    This textbook is one of the first to explain the fundamentals and applications of remote sensing at both undergraduate and graduate levels. Topics include definitions and a brief history of payloads and platforms, data acquisition and specifications, image processing techniques, data integration and spatial modeling, and a range of applications covering terrestrial, atmospheric, oceanographic and ... Read more

    $80.09 USD

  • Small Satellite Missions for Earth Observation

    New Developments and Trends

    Edited by Rainer Sandau, Hans-Peter Roeser, Arnoldo Valenzuela ...
    Series series Springer Nature Proceedings excluding Computer Science
    This book was compiled from contributions given at the 7th IAA Symposium on Small Satellites for Earth Observation, May 4–8, 2009, Berlin (IAA – International Academy of Astronautics). From the 15 sessions for oral presentations and two poster sessions, 52 contributions were selected which are representative for the new developments and trends in the area of small satellites for Earth observation. ... Read more

    $188.09 USD

  • The Chang’E-1 Topographic Atlas of the Moon

    by Jianjun Liu, Lingli Mu, Xin Ren, Wei Zuo, Chunlai Li ...
    This atlas is based on the lunar global Digital Elevation Models (DEM) of Chang'E-1 (CE-1), and presents CCD stereo image data with digital photogrammetry. The spatial resolution of the DEM in this atlas is 500m, with horizontal accuracy of 192m and vertical accuracy of 120m. Color-shaded relief maps with contour lines are used to show the lunar topographical characteristics. The topographical ... Read more

    $152.09 USD

  • Mercury's Interior, Surface, and Surrounding Environment

    Latest Discoveries

    by Pamela Elizabeth Clark ...
    Series series Physics and Astronomy (R0)
    This SpringerBrief details the MESSENGER Mission, the findings of which present challenges to widely held conventional views and remaining mysteries surrounding the planet. The work answers the question of why Mercury is so dense, and the implications from geochemical data on its planetary formation. It summarizes imaging and compositional data from the terrestrial planet surface processes and ... Read more

    $49.49 USD