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Earth System Monitoring

Selected Entries from the Encyclopedia of Sustainability Science and Technology

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  • © 2013

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Editors:
  1. John Orcutt

    1. , Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

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  • Presents 19 authoritative, peer-reviewed entries from the Encyclopaedia of Sustainability Science and Technology
  • Covers a wide range of data collection platforms, including satellite remote sensing, aerial surveys, and land- and ocean-based monitoring stations
  • Features a glossary of key terms and a concise definition of the subject for each contribution
  • Written for an audience of undergraduate and graduate students, as well as professionals in academia, industry, and government
  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (19 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-vi
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  2. Earth System Monitoring, Introduction

    • John Orcutt
    Pages 1-5

  3. Airborne and Space-borne Remote Sensing of Cryosphere

    • Kenneth C. Jezek
    Pages 7-34

  4. Aircraft and Space Atmospheric Measurements Using Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)

    • Russell De Young
    Pages 35-61

  5. Contemporary Sea Level Variations, Observations and Causes

    • Anny Cazenave
    Pages 63-75

  6. Coral Reef Ecosystems

    • Helen T. Yap
    Pages 77-106

  7. Earth System Environmental Literacy

    • Margaret Lowman
    Pages 107-121

  8. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains

    • Victor Zlotnicki, Srinivas Bettadpur, Felix W. Landerer, Michael M. Watkins
    Pages 123-152

  9. Heat Content and Temperature of the Ocean

    • Rui M. Ponte
    Pages 153-180

  10. Hurricane and Monsoon Tracking with Driftsondes

    • Philippe Drobinski, Philippe Cocquerez, A. Doerenbecher, Terrence Hock, C. Lavaysse, D. Parsons et al.
    Pages 181-197

  11. Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning

    • Stephen R. Rintoul
    Pages 199-232

  12. Long-Term Ecological Research Network

    • Robert B. Waide, McOwiti O. Thomas
    Pages 233-268

  13. Ocean Acidification

    • Maria Debora Iglesias-Rodriguez
    Pages 269-289

  14. Ocean Evaporation and Precipitation

    • Luis Gimeno, Raquel Nieto, Anita Drumond, Ana María Durán-Quesada
    Pages 291-318

  15. Ocean Observatories and Information: Building a Global Ocean Observing Network

    • O. Schofield, S. M. Glenn, M. A. Moline, M. Oliver, A. Irwin, Y. Chao et al.
    Pages 319-336

  16. Oil Spill Remote Sensing

    • Mervin Fingas, Carl Brown
    Pages 337-388

  17. Remote Sensing Applications to Ocean and Human Health

    • Frank E. Muller-Karger
    Pages 389-419

  18. Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters

    • Steve Chien, Veerachai Tanpipat
    Pages 421-438

  19. Remote Sensing of Ocean Color

    • Heidi M. Dierssen, Kaylan Randolph
    Pages 439-472

  20. Volcanoes, Observations and Impact

    • Clifford Thurber, Stephanie Prejean
    Pages 473-505
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Modern Earth System Monitoring represents a fundamental change in the way scientists study the Earth System.  In Oceanography, for the past two centuries, ships have provided the platforms for observing.  Expeditions on the continents and Earth’s poles are land-based analogues. Fundamental understanding of current systems, climate, natural hazards, and ecosystems has been greatly advanced. While these approaches have been remarkably successful, the need to establish measurements over time can only be made using Earth observations and observatories with exacting standards and continuous data.  The 19 peer-reviewed contributions in this volume provide early insights into this emerging view of Earth in both space and time in which change is a critical component of our growing understanding.

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  • , Scripps Insitution of Oceanography, University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, USA

    John Orcutt

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