Monitoring Forests at the Speed of Light
Author: Valerie Rapp
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 12
ISBN-13:
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Science Accomplishments of the Pacific Northwest Research Station
Author: Barry Leonard
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 2008-03
Total Pages: 78
ISBN-13: 9781422399989
DOWNLOAD EBOOKContents: Pacific Northwest (PNW) Research Station: The Setting: A Message from the PNW Executive Team; Goal Accomplishments; Goal 1: Develop an Understanding of Ecological, Social, & Economic Systems & Their Interactions; Goal 2: Assess the Status & Trends of Ecosystems & Natural Resources & Their Uses; Goal 3: Develop Science-Based Options for Informed Mgmt.; Goal 4: Communicate Science Findings & Enhance their Applications; Publications; symposia, Workshops, & Tours; Conservation Education; Honors & Awards; Research Context; Finances & Workforce; Cooperators Who Received Funding for Studies; Clients Who Provided Funding for Studies; & PNW Research Station Org. Illustrations.
Global Forest Monitoring from Earth Observation
Author: Frederic Achard
Publisher: CRC Press
Published: 2016-04-19
Total Pages: 355
ISBN-13: 1466552026
DOWNLOAD EBOOKCovering recent developments in satellite observation data undertaken for monitoring forest areas from global to national levels, this book highlights operational tools and systems for monitoring forest ecosystems. It also tackles the technical issues surrounding the ability to produce accurate and consistent estimates of forest area changes, which are needed to report greenhouse gas emissions and removals from land use changes. Written by leading global experts in the field, this book offers a launch point for future advances in satellite-based monitoring of global forest resources. It gives readers a deeper understanding of monitoring methods and shows how state-of-art technologies may soon provide key data for creating more balanced policies.
Peatlands mapping and monitoring
Author: The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations
Publisher: Food & Agriculture Org.
Published: 2020-03-01
Total Pages: 100
ISBN-13: 9251322953
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIntegration of peatlands into land-use monitoring systems is central to the conservation of their carbon storage – be they conserved, degraded or restored. Healthy peatlands mitigate climate change, enhance adaptive capacity and maintain ecosystem services and biodiversity. Albeit peatlands are starting to receive a high level of attention and the scientific basis for their monitoring has quickly developed over the last few years. Robust and practical approaches and tools for developing and integrating peatland-monitoring into national monitoring and reporting frameworks is an important opportunity for countries to limit global warming to 2 °C.
Predicting, Monitoring, and Assessing Forest Fire Dangers and Risks
Author: Baranovskiy, Nikolay Viktorovich
Publisher: IGI Global
Published: 2019-12-27
Total Pages: 417
ISBN-13: 1799818691
DOWNLOAD EBOOKTo understand the catastrophic processes of forest fire danger, different deterministic, probabilistic, and empiric models must be used. Simulating various surface and crown forest fires using predictive information technology could lead to the improvement of existing systems and the examination of the ecological and economic effects of forest fires in other countries. Predicting, Monitoring, and Assessing Forest Fire Dangers and Risks provides innovative insights into forestry management and fire statistics. The content within this publication examines climate change, thermal radiation, and remote sensing. It is designed for fire investigators, forestry technicians, emergency managers, fire and rescue specialists, professionals, researchers, meteorologists, computer engineers, academicians, and students invested in topics centered around providing conjugate information on forest fire danger and risk.
Interstellar Monitor
Author: Eugene Patrick Ruisi
Publisher: iUniverse
Published: 2003-09-25
Total Pages: 248
ISBN-13: 9781462045822
DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn the year 2440, the IERS Monitor is launched on its maiden voyage into interstellar space. Under the command of Captain Zeta Smith, the Monitor goes on a journey of great importance to the Interstellar Earth Republic. The Monitor must represent Earth's interests and also defend Earth's territories. The galaxy can be a dangerous place. Along the way the Monitor encounters many enemies of Earth and many potential allies. The crew of the Monitor has experiences they will never forget. They experience a journey filled with action, adventure, intrigue, betrayal, mysticism, ideology, secrets, romance, and dry humor. Members of the crew must confront their own weaknesses and strengths. In the end, the IERS Monitor is a ship that affects the course of interstellar history.
Remote Sensing
Author: P. K. Garg
Publisher: Stylus Publishing, LLC
Published: 2024-05-22
Total Pages: 703
ISBN-13: 1501522817
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis book explores the world of remote sensing technology, offering comprehensive insights into its principles, data acquisition methods, advanced processing techniques, and diverse applications. It covers the basics of remote sensing such as the foundational principles and data acquisition techniques, image pre-processing, such as noise removal, radiometric corrections, and image fusion, and advanced classification techniques like machine learning algorithms including neural networks and support vector machines. Finally, it discusses disaster management and agriculture, demonstrating how remote sensing methods are revolutionizing fields such as disaster response and agricultural monitoring. Professionals, researchers, and students involved in environmental sciences, geography, urban planning, and disaster management will benefit from these topics. FEATURES: Explores cutting-edge advanced classification techniques like machine learning algorithms including neural networks and support vector machines Covers both the theoretical principles and also practical data acquisition techniques, image pre-processing, noise removal, radiometric corrections, and image fusion Demonstrates how remote sensing methods are revolutionizing fields such as disaster response and agricultural monitoring Includes companion files for downloading with full color images from the text
Productivity of Western Forests
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Published: 2005
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKIn August 20-23, 2004, a conference was held in Kamilche, WA, with the title S2Productivity of Western Forests: A Forest Products Focus. S3 The meeting brought together researchers and practitioners interested in discussing the economic and biological factors influencing wood production and value. One of the underlying assumptions of the meeting organizers was that management activities would be practiced within a framework of sustaining or improving site productivity; thus, several papers deal with methods to protect or improve productivity or discuss new studies designed to test the effects of various practices. This proceedings includes 11 papers based on oral presentations at the conference, 3 papers based on posters and 2 papers describing the Fall River and Matlock Long-Term Site Productivity study areas visited on the field tours. The papers cover subjects on forest harvesting activities, stand establishment, silviculture, site productivity, remote sensing, and wood product technologies.
Vegetation Monitoring
Author: Caryl L. Elzinga
Publisher: DIANE Publishing
Published: 1998-05
Total Pages: 190
ISBN-13: 9780788148378
DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis annotated bibliography documents literature addressing the design and implementation of vegetation monitoring. It provides resources managers, ecologists, and scientists access to the great volume of literature addressing many aspects of vegetation monitoring: planning and objective setting, choosing vegetation attributes to measure, sampling design, sampling methods, statistical and graphical analysis, and communication of results. Over half of the 1400 references have been annotated. Keywords pertaining to the type of monitoring or method are included with each bibliographic entry. Keyword index.
Airborne Monitoring and Smoke Characterization of Prescribed Fires on Forest Lands in Western Washington and Oregon
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Published: 1990
Total Pages: 88
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