Overview
- Focus on the issues, peculiarities and special challenges of the African Seas
- Complete and thorough review of the current Earth Observations potential
- Section devoted to multi-technique assessment of the marine environment
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (20 chapters)
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Introduction to Remote Sensing of the African Seas
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Western Africa Near-Coastal Waters
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Eastern Africa Near-Coastal Waters
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About this book
The African Seas include marginal basins of two major oceans, the Atlantic and the Indian, a miniature ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and an infant ocean, the Red Sea. Understanding the wide spectrum of environmental features and processes of such a varied collection of marine and coastal regions requires that in situ observation systems be integrated and actually guided, by the application of orbital remote sensing techniques. This volume reviews the current potential of Earth Observations to help in the exploration of the marginal seas around Africa, by virtue of both passive and active techniques, working in several spectral ranges – i.e. measuring either reflected visible and near-infrared sunlight, as well as surface emissions in the thermal infrared and microwave spectral regions, or again the surface reflection of transmitted lidar or radar impulses of visible or microwave radiation. The in-depth evaluation of the advantages offered by each technique and spectral region and inparticular by the development of advanced multi-technique systems, contributes to the assessment of the abundant natural resources that the Seas of Africa have to offer, of those in dear need of being – sustainably – exploited and of others that should be protected and maintained in their still pristine conditions.
Reviews
“In the book, Remote Sensing of African Seas, a collection of 20 peer-reviewed papers … cover a broad range of diverse ocean-related studies focused on Africa. … This book is recommended for marine managers, researchers, instructors, and others who seek insight into integrating in situ marine observations with remotely sensed data, understanding remote sensing instruments applicable to the marine environment, and investigating the latest techniques for establishing marine baseline assessments that can be used for monitoring future change.” (Steven R. Schill, Photogrammetric Engineering & Remote Sensing, Vol. 82 (5), May, 2016)
Editors and Affiliations
About the editors
Vittorio Barale graduated in Physics in 1977, from the University of Milan and then received both his M.S., in 1982 and Ph.D., in 1986, while at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography, from the University of California at San Diego. Since 1990 he has been with the Joint Research Centre of the European Commission. His research focuses on the ecological assessment of marginal and enclosed seas and their coastal margins in particular, using optical remote sensing.
Martin Gade received his first degree in Physics in 1992 and then his doctoral degree in Geosciences in 1996, both from the University of Hamburg, Germany. Since 1991 he has been with the Remote Sensing Unit of the Institute of Oceanography, at the University of Hamburg. His research focuses on air-sea interactions and coastal processes and their remote sensing using active microwave techniques, as well as on laboratory and field experiments with marine surface films.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Remote Sensing of the African Seas
Editors: Vittorio Barale, Martin Gade
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8008-7
Publisher: Springer Dordrecht
eBook Packages: Earth and Environmental Science, Earth and Environmental Science (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer Science+Business Media Dordrecht 2014
Hardcover ISBN: 978-94-017-8007-0Published: 20 June 2014
Softcover ISBN: 978-94-017-7855-8Published: 27 September 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-94-017-8008-7Published: 02 June 2014
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXIX, 428
Number of Illustrations: 63 b/w illustrations, 124 illustrations in colour
Topics: Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry, Oceanography, Geotechnical Engineering & Applied Earth Sciences, Monitoring/Environmental Analysis