GNSS Environmental Sensing - Awange, Joseph

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Auteur(s) : Awange, Joseph

Editeur : Springer International Publishing Ag

Langue : Anglais

Parution : 31/08/2017

Format : Moyen, de 350g à 1kg

Nombre de pages : 476

Expédition : 875

Dimensions : 24.1 x 16.0 x 3.1

ISBN : 9783319584171

Résumé :

Showcases global navigation satellite system (GNSS) sensing of climate variability with examples

Discusses the first probe at the upper troposphere and lower stratosphere

Presents the applications of unmanned aircraft vehicles (UAV)/drones with examples

Simplifies the theory of GNSS for environmentalists interested in its applications

Presents the applications simply to motivate those involved in GNSS theory to push the boundaries

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Biographie:
Professor Joseph Awange joined Spatial Sciences (School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University, Australia) in 2006 under a Curtin Research Fellowship and concurrently undertook the prestigious Alexander von Humboldt (AvH) Fellowship at the Geodetic Institute (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Germany) having been awarded the Australian 2008-2011 Ludwig Leichhardt Memorial Fellowship for experienced researchers. In 2015, he won all the three major Fellowship Awards: Alexander von Humboldt (Germany), Japan Society of Promotion of Science (Japan) and Brazil Frontier of Science (Brazil) to carry out research in those countries. At Curtin University, he is currently a Professor of Environmental Geoinformatics engaged in teaching and research having attracted more than $2.5M worth of research grants. He obtained his BSc and MSc degrees in Surveying from the University of Nairobi (Kenya), and was also awarded a merit scholarship by the German Academic Exchange Program (DAAD), which facilitated his obtaining a second MSc degree and PhD in Geodesy at Stuttgart University (Germany). In 2002-2004, he was awarded the prestigious Japan Society for Promotion of Science (JSPS) Fellowship to pursue postdoctoral research at Kyoto University (Japan). Prof Awange attained International Editorial role in Springer Earth Science Books and has authored 15 scholarly books with the prestigious Springer International publishers and more than 160 peer-reviewed high impact journal publications (in e.g., Remote Sensing of Environment, Journal of Climate, Climatic Change, Advances in Water Resources, International Journal of Climatology, and Journal of Hydrology among others). His main research areas that have attracted media coverage (e.g., Environmental Monitor) are in the fields of (i) Environmental Geoinformatics: Satellite Environmental Sensing (e.g., changes in global and regional stored water (surface, underground, ice, and soil moisture) using GRACE and TRMM satellites...

Sommaire:
Environmental monitoring.- Modernization of GNSS.- The Global Positioning System.-Mathematical modelling.- Environmental surveying and surveillance.- Data processing and adjustment.- Basics of Galileo satellites.- GNSS maps in environmental monitoring.- GNSS remote sensing of the environment.- GNSS Re?ectometry and Applications.- Climate change and weather related impacts.- GNSS Sensing of Climate Variability.- GNSS Sensing of the Tropopause.- Water resources.- Coastal resources.- Land management.- Disaster management.- Environmental pollution.-Animals and vegetation protection and conservation.- Environmental impact assessment.- Applications to Unmanned Aircraft Vehicles/Drones (UAV).?