Remote Sensing of the African Seas
The African Seas include marginal basins of three major oceans, the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Ocean, a miniature ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and an infant ocean, the Red Sea. Understanding the wide spectrum of environmental features and processes of such a varied collection of marine and coast...
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ftjrc:oai:publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu:JRC67915 2023-05-15T18:25:29+02:00 Remote Sensing of the African Seas BARALE Vittorio GADE Martin 2014 Printed https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC67915 http://www.springer.com/series/7418 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8008-7 ENG eng Springer Science C Business Media JRC67915 2014 ftjrc https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8008-7 2022-05-01T08:18:19Z The African Seas include marginal basins of three major oceans, the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Ocean, a miniature ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and an infant ocean, the Red Sea. Understanding the wide spectrum of environmental features and processes of such a varied collection of marine and coastal regions requires that in situ observation systems be integrated, and actually guided, by the application of orbital remote sensing techniques. This volume reviews the current potential of Earth Observations to help in the exploration of the marginal seas around Africa, by virtue of both passive and active techniques, working in several spectral ranges – i.e. measuring either reflected visible and near-infrared sunlight, as well as surface emissions in the thermal infrared and microwave spectral regions, or again the surface reflection of transmitted lidar or radar impulses of visible or microwave radiation. The in-depth evaluation of the advantages offered by each technique and spectral region, and in particular by the development of advanced multi-technique systems, contributes to the assessment of the abundant natural resources that the Seas of Africa have to offer, of those in dear need of being – sustainably – exploited and of others that should be protected and maintained in their still pristine conditions. JRC.H.5 - Land Resources Management Other/Unknown Material Southern Ocean Joint Research Centre, European Commission: JRC Publications Repository Southern Ocean Indian Dordrecht |
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The African Seas include marginal basins of three major oceans, the Atlantic, Indian and Southern Ocean, a miniature ocean, the Mediterranean Sea, and an infant ocean, the Red Sea. Understanding the wide spectrum of environmental features and processes of such a varied collection of marine and coastal regions requires that in situ observation systems be integrated, and actually guided, by the application of orbital remote sensing techniques. This volume reviews the current potential of Earth Observations to help in the exploration of the marginal seas around Africa, by virtue of both passive and active techniques, working in several spectral ranges – i.e. measuring either reflected visible and near-infrared sunlight, as well as surface emissions in the thermal infrared and microwave spectral regions, or again the surface reflection of transmitted lidar or radar impulses of visible or microwave radiation. The in-depth evaluation of the advantages offered by each technique and spectral region, and in particular by the development of advanced multi-technique systems, contributes to the assessment of the abundant natural resources that the Seas of Africa have to offer, of those in dear need of being – sustainably – exploited and of others that should be protected and maintained in their still pristine conditions. JRC.H.5 - Land Resources Management |
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BARALE Vittorio GADE Martin |
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BARALE Vittorio GADE Martin Remote Sensing of the African Seas |
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BARALE Vittorio GADE Martin |
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Remote Sensing of the African Seas |
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Remote Sensing of the African Seas |
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Remote Sensing of the African Seas |
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Remote Sensing of the African Seas |
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Remote Sensing of the African Seas |
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remote sensing of the african seas |
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Springer Science C Business Media |
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2014 |
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https://publications.jrc.ec.europa.eu/repository/handle/JRC67915 http://www.springer.com/series/7418 https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-8008-7 |
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Southern Ocean |
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