Scientific Satellite and Moon-Based Earth Observation for Global Change

Description

Global change involves complex and far-reaching variations in the Earth’s systems, and satellite observations have been widely used in global change studies. Over the past five decades, Earth observation has developed into a comprehensive system that can conduct dynamic monitoring of the land, the oceans and the atmosphere at the local, regional and even global scale. At the same time, although a large number of Earth observation satellites have been launched, very few of them are used in global change studies. The lack of scientific satellite programs greatly hinders research on global change. This book proposes using a series of global change scientific satellites to establish a scientific observation grid for global environmental change monitoring from space, and offers the first comprehensive review of lunar-based Earth observation. These scientific satellites could provide not only basic datasets but also scientific support in facilitating advances in international global change research. Front Matter ....Pages i-xlv Introduction (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 1-27 Front Matter ....Pages 29-29 Development of Earth Observation Satellites (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 31-49 US Earth Observation Satellites (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 51-95 European Earth Observation Satellites (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 97-135 Other Earth Observation Satellites (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 137-188 Chinese Earth Observation Satellites (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 189-243 Plans of Global Integrated Earth Observation (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 245-259 Front Matter ....Pages 261-261 Earth Observation Technologies and Scientific Satellites for Global Change (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 263-281 Atmospheric Carbon Satellite (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 283-317 Aerosol Satellite (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 319-335 Night Light Satellite (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 337-367 Forest Biomass Satellite (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 369-395 Glacier Satellite (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 397-427 Ocean Salinity Satellite (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 429-455 Multi-satellite Networks for Global Change Observation (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 457-506 Front Matter ....Pages 507-507 Moon-Based Global Change Observation (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 509-539 Frontiers of Moon-Based Earth Observation (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 541-590 Global Change Comparison Between Planets and Earth (Huadong Guo, Wenxue Fu, Guang Liu)....Pages 591-618