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1 online resource (171 pages) : color illustrations, color maps |
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text txt rdacontent |
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computer c rdamedia |
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online resource cr rdacarrier |
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Title from title screen (viewed Jan. 3, 2013). |
| Contents |
Prelude -- The satellite system. Satellite remote sensing 101 ; Evolution of the global satellite observing system ; Research to operations ; Calibration ; Checking the measurements ; The NOAA products validation system ; Web-based monitoring -- The atmosphere. Atmospheric temperature sounding ; Atmospheric water vapor sounding ; Winds ; Cloud properties ; Amazon rivers in the sky ; Precipitation and flash floods ; Atmospheric instability : signaling extreme weather ; Thunderstorms and tornadoes ; Bridging the gap : nearcasting ; Tropical cyclones ; Snowfall ; Satellite data assimilation ; The community radiative transfer model ; Cloud resolving models ; Air quality ; Nitrogren dioxide ; Microburst prediction ; Aviation hazards : volcanic ash -- Oceans. Planet ocean ; Sea surface temperature from polar satellites ; Ocean temperature : the continuous view ; GEO-LEO sea surface temperatures ; Ocean surface winds ; Satellite sea surface salinity ; Sea ice ; Ocean color remote sensing ; Global distribution of coccolithophore blooms ; Coastal water quality ; The ocean surface topography satellite constellation ; Aliasing of altimeter observations ; Mapping the global ocean floor from space ; International efforts to improve global ocean depth map ; Oceanic and atmospheric features from synthetic aperture radar ; High-resolution coastal winds ; Ocean hazards response : oil spills ; CoastWatch ; Oceanic heat content. |
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Land. The continents ; Drought and vegetation health ; Global vegetation and society ; Snow cover ; Soil moisture ; Land surface temperature ; Urbanization, heat islands, and climate ; Vegetation fires ; Sunlight -- Climate. Our changing planet ; Earth radiation budget ; Greenhouse gases ; Atmospheric temperature trends ; Trends in temperature profiles from a single instrument ; Sea surface temperature trends ; Cloudiness trends ; Global precipitation monitoring ; Water vapor trends ; Sea level rise ; Monitoring the world's ozone ; Arctic Sea ice cover trends ; Arctic Sea ice thickness ; Coral bleaching ; Vegetation and surface temperature trends ; Satellite vegetation phenology ; Aerosols, volcanoes and climate ; Arctic climate interactions ; Climate reconstructions ; Checking climate reanalyses ; Abrupt climate change. |
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Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.)
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Scientific satellites.
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Remote sensing.
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| Added Author |
Powell, Alfred M., editor.
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Ohring, George, editor.
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Kalb, Mike, editor.
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Goldberg, Mike, editor.
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United States. National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service, issuing body.
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United States. National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, issuing body.
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United States. Department of Commerce, issuing body.
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Center for Satellite Applications and Research looks at the Earth |
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Satellite measurements of the atmosphere, oceans and land |
| Other Form: |
Print version: Center for Satellite Applications and Research (U.S.). STAR looks at the Earth (OCoLC)822038255 |
| Gpo Item No. |
0273-D-01 (online) |
| Sudoc No. |
C 55.202:EA 7/7 |
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