Dynamic Earth Environments: Remote Sensing Observations from Shuttle-Mir Missions

Kamlesh P Lulla and Lev Dessinov

ISBN 10: 0471390054 / ISBN 13: 9780471390053

Published by John Wiley & Sons Inc, 2000

Signed Copy . Inscribed by co-editor Kamlesh P. Lulla on flyleaf. Small tear on rear pastedown. Seller Inventory # L08OS-00457

Synopsis:

The U.S./Russian collaboration that used the Space Shuttle and the Mir Space Station as platforms for acquiring remote sensing information about the Earth between 1996 and 1998 produced significant scientific results on hydrology, land use, and changes in some of the Earth's most dynamic environments. Many of these outstanding images are presented here and compared with photographs taken during earlier missions, allowing detection of changes on the Earth's surface.

Studies reported in this fascinating volume include observations of El Ni?o-related phenomena; fluctuating water levels of the Caspian and Aral Seas; smoke, dust, and aerosols in the atmosphere; urban land use changes; and drought in the southeastern United States and Mexico. This valuable information, and the techniques used to gather it, will form the basis for future remote sensing studies to be conducted from the International Space Station.

About the Author: KAMLESH P. LULLA is Chief of the Office of Earth Sciences and Chief Scientist for Astronaut Training in Earth Sciences at NASA's Johnson Space Center in Houston, Texas. LEV V. DESSINOV is Head of the Laboratory of Remote Sensing at the Institute of Geography of the Russian Academy of Sciences in Moscow, Russia.

Bibliographic Details

Title: Dynamic Earth Environments: Remote Sensing ...
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons Inc
Publication Date: 2000
Binding: Hardcover
Condition: Good
Signed: Signed by Author(s)