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Earth Observation
Sustainable Development Perspectives
1st Edition - March 1, 2024
Editors: Mukunda Dev Behera, Swadhin Behera, Saroj Kanta Barik, Mrutyunjaya Mohapatra, Trilochan Mohapatra
Paperback ISBN:9780443140723
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Earth Observation: Sustainable Development Perspectives offers expert insights into the latest progress made in terrestrial, oceanic, and atmospheric processes, and their inter-linkage in the face of changing climate using earth observation. Reviewing contemporary research, this volume addresses various challenges faced in agricultural research and education, crop production forecasting, agroforestry, floriculture, horticulture, crop insurance and marine resources utilization for sustainable development in the warming world. The editors examine the advances made in understanding the changing dynamics of various ecosystems such as land use, water resources, ecosystem productivity and biodiversity.In addition, the book addresses ocean-atmosphere interactions, modes of climate variations such as, El Nino and Indian Ocean dipole, extreme events, tropical cyclone, summer monsoon and distribution of organic matter and interlinks among various ocean-atmosphere phenomena. The use of advanced data sets, measurements techniques, modeling and analytics protocols, analyses methods and interpretations are also discussed.
Provides comprehensive coverage of the changes observed through satellite remote sensing of land, ocean, atmosphere, and vegetation under the influence of climate change
Analyzes various challenges faced in agricultural research and education, crop production forecasting, agroforestry, floriculture, horticulture, crop insurance, and marine resources utilization
Explores ocean-atmosphere interactions, modes of climate variations such as El Nino and Indian Ocean dipole, extreme events, tropical cyclone, summer monsoon and distribution of organic matter and their interlinks among various ocean-atmosphere phenomena
Examines various biogeo-physical processes using earth observation for better climate mitigation and adaptation
Scientists, academicians, researchers, students, and related professionals in climate science, atmosphere and ocean science, agriculture, and forest and environmental science are the targeted readers, Managers and policy makers in government and private sectors will also benefit from the advanced scientific information for formulating/updating sustainable development policies
1. Informing the management of Climate-Sustainability interactions through Earth Observation
Section A - Agriculture and Water systems
2. Earth Observation and Challenges in agriculture and water systems research in the 21st century
3. Agriculture and Food Security in the prospects of Geoinformatics
4. Climate change adaptation for sustainable agriculture through Satellite tools
5. Sustainable management of shifting cultivation and floriculture in changing climate
6. Terrestrial Water Resources and Sustainability in the prospects of climate change
7. Agroforestry and Sustainable livelihood in the era of Geo-Information
8. Crop Insurance for Economic Security using Geo-Information - a Strategy for Climate Change mitigation
Section B - Forest and Land Systems
9. Climate Change challenges towards forest and land systems functioning
10. Forest Cover and Land Use Dynamics from satellite observations
11. Climate linked Forest and Soil resources Management from Earth Observation
12. Observation and Modelling of Forest Productivity and Climate from Space
13. Satellite derived global land and vegetation products validation
14. Linking Meteorological and Phenological Observations in Forests
15. Urban land use, Green spaces and Heat Island nexus
16. Biodiversity Conservation, Climate Change and International strategies – Inputs from earth observation
17. Ecosystem Dynamics and REDD+ - Channelizing Benefits to People and Society using GIS technique
Section C - Ocean-Atmosphere Dynamics
18. Global Ocean Warming and Climate Change
19. Air-sea interactions and trace gas exchanges
20. Role of oceans in climate variations affecting terrestrial ecosystems
21. Changes in Indian summer monsoon rainfall and sustainability
22. Climate Change and Marine Ecosystems- Deriving synergy from ground and space based observations
23. Atmospheric carbon and global warming interlink- Earth observation based modelling
24. Increasing extreme weather events and their impacts - Observations and modelling studies
25. Dynamic role of coupledsurface processes on regional environmental extremes
No. of pages: 350
Language: English
Published: March 1, 2024
Imprint: Elsevier
Paperback ISBN: 9780443140723
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Mukunda Dev Behera
Dr. Mukunda Dev Behera is an associate Professor in the Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences at the Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur. Prior to this, he has worked for the Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO). Dr. Behera has made outstanding contributions to the fields of forest remote sensing, land and water resource management, and ecological climatology by theorizing, modeling, and conducting innovative experiments and field-based measurements with satellite remote sensing. He has developed innovative protocols and new methods for estimating a range of vegetation photosynthetic/ structural variables including leaf area index, canopy height, aboveground biomass and productivity using suite of satellite data products and modeling. He has over 110 peer-reviewed journal publications, and has co-edited several books. He serves the editorial boards of several reputed environmental journals and contributed to IPCC AR-6 of WG-II.
Affiliations and expertise
Associate Professor, Centre for Oceans, Rivers, Atmosphere and Land Sciences (CORAL), Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal, India
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Swadhin Behera
Dr. Swadhin K. Behera is a distinguished scientist in climate variability and predictability studies. He has been working at JAMSTEC for over 20 years and is significantly involved in the climate analyses, prediction and application research with a particular emphasis on the role of oceans in tropical and extratropical climate variations. Using Earth Observation data and numerical modelling, Dr Behera studies interannual variability and coastal circulation in East Asia. He currently heads the Application Laboratory and also serves as an adjunct Professor in the University of Tokyo. He has published over 150 articles in highly cited international journals and has edited several books including “Tropical and extratropical air-sea interactions” (Elsevier).
Affiliations and expertise
Director, Applications Laboratory, Japan Agency for Marine-Earth Science Technology (JAMSTEC), Natsushimacho, Yokosuka, Kanagawa, Japan.
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Saroj Kanta Barik
Dr. Saroj Kanta Barik is Director of the CSIR-National Botanical Research Institute, Lucknow. Before joining CSIR, he was Head of the Department of Botany, and Centre for Advanced Studies in Botany, North-Eastern Hill University, Shillong. For the past three decades, he has been active in diverse areas of research such as bio-prospection and conservation, ecological modeling, population and molecular ecology, and impact of climate change on species and ecosystems. His group has been successful
in using satellite data to predict the distributional range and impact of climate change on several forest species. He has published 110 research papers, 12 books and 40 technical and research reports. Fourteen students have been awarded Ph.D. degrees under his supervision.
Affiliations and expertise
Director, CSIR- National Botanical Research Institute, Pratap Marg, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India
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Mrutyunjaya Mohapatra
Dr. Mrutyunjaya Mohapatra is the Director General of Meteorology in the India Meteorological Department (IMD), Government of India. He is also the Permanent Representative of India and Member of the Executive Council for the World Meteorological Organisation (WMO). He has significantly contributed to the improvement in cyclone warning services by IMD,and led upgradation of cyclone warning services in a holistic manner using Numerical Weather Prediction (NWP). He has received appreciations from the WMO and Indian Ministry of Earth Sciences for providing timely and accurate tropical cyclone advisories to Myanmar during cyclone, Nargis in 2008. He has published more than 110 research papers and 15 Books.
Affiliations and expertise
Director General, Indian Meteorological Department, Mausam Bhawan, Lodhi Road, Delhi, India.
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Trilochan Mohapatra
Dr. Trilochan Mohapatra is an Indian biotechnologist, geneticist, a government secretary of the Department of Agricultural Research and Education, and the Director General of the Indian Council of Agricultural Research. Dr. Mohapatra previously held the position of Director-cum-Vice Chancellor of the Indian Agricultural Research Institute (IARI), New Delhi. Prior to this, he worked as the Director of National Rice Research Institute (formerly CRRI), India. He has worked at the National Research Centre on Plant Biotechnology, IARI, New Delhi as a researcher and teacher for about 20 years. He is a scientist of global specializing in the area of molecular genetics and genomics. Dr. Mohapatra has over 145 research papers in national and international journals of repute and several book chapters.
Affiliations and expertise
Secretary, Department of Agricultural Research and Education (DARE) & Director General, Indian Council of Agricultural Research (IARI), Krishi Bhavan, New Delhi, India