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Development of Land' Earth Observation Requirements as Input to the Defra Earth Observation Strategy | Report in support of the Defra Science Directorate, as a contribution to a developing strategy for facilitating and expanding the uptake of Earth Observation (EO) data within Defra and the wider Defra family – for both spaceborne and airborne data | Earth observation, Land, Space | Defra |
Satellite Environmental Monitoring in Saudi Arabia | News article on environmental monitoring | Earth observation | Geoconnection |
Siberia2 | Project - the overall objective of SIBERIA-II is to demonstrate the viability of full carbon accounting (including greenhouse gases (GHGs): CO2, CO, CH4, N2O, NOx) on a regional basis using the environmental tools and systems available | Monitoring, Earth observation. Land | Siberia2 |
Land Cover Mapping | Website - CEH has produced three digital Land Cover Maps which have been successfully used in a wide range of applications over the last 20 years. Details of the three Land Cover Maps and how to access them are provided in this site | Monitoring, Land cover | CEH |
Pioneering ERS environment satellite retires | News article on ERS-2 satellite | Monitoring, Land cover | ERL |
Satellite Imaging Corporation | News article on satellite imaging sensors | Monitoring | SIC |
Legal aspects of satellite monitoring | Presentation on Legal aspects of satellite monitoring for the compliance and enforcement of environmental law | Monitoring, Space, Land | Envirosecurity |
Global Land Vegetation Monitoring | Website presenting research on global land vegetation monitoring | Land, vegetation, Satellite, Monitoring | d4science |
Classification of Forest Land Information | Research paper on Classification of Forest Land Information Using Environment Satellite (HJ-1) Data | HJ-1A CCD1 data, image classification, different scale, land use features extraction | mecs-press |
Case Study Two: The Disposal of Waste on Land and Remote Sensing | Case study on Satellite Monitoring as a Legal Compliance Tool in the Environment Sector | Land, Environment, Satellite monitoring | UCL |
The overview of space applications for environment initiatives | Research paper presenting SAFE overview and current situation of SAFE prototyping | Environment, Satellite | ISPRS |
Satellite Remote Sensing: Environmental Applications | Research paper outlining the general approach to be followed when planning the use of remote sensing in environmental forensics | Environment, Satellite monitoring, Land | Earthplace |
Integration between ground-based and space-based measurements for monitoring landfill sites | Research paper investigating the use of multi-temporal Landsat satellite images to monitor waste disposal sites for the Trail Road landfill site in the city of Ottawa, Canada | Landfill Sites, Multi-Temporal Data, Landsat Images, Land Surface Temperature, Environmental Monitoring | Geomaticsksa |
Satellite monitoring of spatio-temporal dynamics of China's coastal zone eco-environments: preliminary analysis on the relationship between the environment, climate change and human behavior | Research paper investigating temporal dynamics of eco-environmental changes in coastal areas of China during 1981-2000 based on four key surface parameters including normalized difference vegetation index (NDVI), thermal index, moisture index and surface broadband albedo derived from quantitative remote sensing techniques and meteorological data (requires purchasing to view full text) | Land, Environment, Satellite monitoring | Cat.Inist |
Monitoring of changes in land use/ land cover using multi- sensor satellite data | Research paper on preparing the multi-date land use/ land cover maps of Allahabad city from multi-sensor satellite data and monitoring changes in various land use/ land cover classes using digital remote sensing techniques. | Land cover, Remote sensing, Satellite data | geospatialworld |
The potential of multi-sensor satellite data for applications in environmental monitoring | Dissertation with special emphasis on land cover mapping, desertification monitoring and fire detection | Satellite, remote sensing, multi-sensor, environment monitoring, desertification, fire, land cover | edoc |
The potential of remote sensing for monitoring rural land use changes and their effects on soil conditions | Research paper reviewing the principles of existing remote sensing techniques and new methods particularly suitable for monitoring rural land use changes and their effects on soil conditions | Soil degradation, Environmental monitoring, Earth observation satellites, Airborne hyperspectral data, Spectral mixture analysis, Environmental satellite observatory | ScienceDirect |
How things work: Environmental satellites | News article defining the range of environmental uses for satellites goes far beyond weather forecasting and human-made disaster monitoring | Global environment, Environmental monitoring, Satellite data | OurWorld |
Potential Use of NOAA/AVHRR Satellite Data for Monitoring Environmental Change in Turkey | Research paper presenting a potential use of remote sensing for monitoring desertification with AVHRR-derived NDVI (Normalized Difference Vegetation Index) data | Environmental monitoring, Satellite data | Digital commons |
Venezuela to Launch Satellite for Land and Environmental Planning | News article on satellite launch in Venezuela | Satellite data, Land monitoring | venezuelanalysis |