LAND SURFACE OBSERVATION, MODELING AND DATA ASSIMILATION - Hardcover

Liang, Shunlin; Li, Xin; Xie, Xianhong

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 9814472603 ISBN 13: 9789814472609

Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company, 2013

Synopsis

This book is unique in its ambitious and comprehensive coverage of earth system land surface characterization, from observation and modeling to data assimilation, including recent developments in theory and techniques, and novel application cases. The contributing authors are active research scientists, and many of them are internationally known leading experts in their areas, ensuring that the text is authoritative.This book comprises four parts that are logically connected from data, modeling, data assimilation integrating data and models to applications. Land data assimilation is the key focus of the book, which encompasses both theoretical and applied aspects with various novel methodologies and applications to the water cycle, carbon cycle, crop monitoring, and yield estimation.Readers can benefit from a state-of-the-art presentation of the latest tools and their usage for understanding earth system processes. Discussions in the book present and stimulate new challenges and questions facing today's earth science and modeling communities.

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This book is unique in its ambitious and comprehensive coverage of earth system land surface characterization, from observation and modeling to data assimilation, including recent developments in theory and techniques, and novel application cases. The contributing authors are the active research scientists, and many of them are internationally leading experts in their areas, ensuring that the text is authoritative.

This book includes four parts that are logically connected from data, modeling, data assimilation that integrates data and models to applications. Land data assimilation is the key focus of the book, which encompasses both theoretical and applied aspects with various novel methodologies and applications to the water cycle, carbon cycle, crop monitoring, and yield estimation.

Readers can benefit from a state-of-the-art presentation of the latest tools and their usage for understanding earth system processes. Discussions in the book present and stimulate new challenges and questions facing today's earth science and modeling communities.

Edition details

• Publisher: World Scientific Publishing Company
• Publication date: 2013
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 9814472603
• ISBN 13: 9789814472609
• Binding: Hardcover
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 492