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Remote Sensing and GIScience Challenges and Future Directions
This book covers several themes related to forestry, agriculture, water, soil, urban, and atmospheric research. GIScience technology systems have...
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Introduction to Cryospheric Science
This book introduces systematically the cryospheric science, covering the formation, development, evolution, and research methods of each component...
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A Spatial Investigation of the Feasibility of Solar Resource Energy Potential in Planning the Solar Cities of India
India is experiencing large-scale urbanization, and the key component leading to such demographic growth and increasing GDP in these urban spaces is...
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Habitat Suitability Map** of Sloth Bear (Melursus ursinus) in the Sariska Tiger Reserve (India) Using a GIS-Based Fuzzy Analytical Hierarchy Process
This chapter presents a habitat suitability map** of sloth bear using fuzzy analytical hierarchy process that relies on geographical information...
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Future Direction of GIScience for Revolution in Science and Society Over the Past 20 Years
Geographic Information Science (GIScience) plays a vital role in today’s era. Prior to the development of GIScience, all these tasks were done on a...
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Retreating Glacier Dynamics Over the Last Quarter of a Century in Uttarakhand Region Using Optical Sensor Time Series Data
The Uttarakhand glaciers have been melting over the last half of a century. Local climatic variation has influenced the glacier retreat but these...
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Landslide Susceptibility Map** Using Bivariate Frequency Ratio Model and Geospatial Techniques: A Case from Karbi Anglong West District in Assam, India
The study attempts to prepare an inventory map of landslide susceptibility using geospatial technology and bivariate frequency ratio model for Karbi...
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Field Observations and Measurements for Cryospheric Science
The rapid development of cryospheric science has benefited from innovations in methodologies and techniques for field observations and laboratory...
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Cryosphere and Cryospheric Science
The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Fifth Assessment Report (AR5) states that it is extremely likely that more than half of the...
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Estimation of Air Pollution Using Regression Modelling Approach for Mumbai Region, Maharashtra, India
Timely information concerning variations in the levels of air pollutants in urban regions is needed for implementing appropriate preventive actions....
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Environmental and Livelihood Impact Assessment of 2013 Flash Flood in Alakananda and Mandakini River Valley, Uttarakhand (India), Using Environmental Evaluation System and Geospatial Techniques
India has been historically susceptible to natural disasters due to its unique geo-climatic conditions in which the Himalayan ecosystem is very...
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Introduction to Challenges and Future Directions in Remote Sensing and GIScience
This book provides an overview of remote sensing and GIScience (GIS) and their challenges and future directions. Modern technology like remote...
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Assessment of Vegetation Vigor Using Integrated Synthetic Aperture Radars
Vegetation health is dependent on various biophysical, geographical, and meteorological factors. The floral biomass can be used as the proxy for...
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Identification of Impervious Built-Up Surface Features Using ResourceSat-2 LISS-III-Based Novel Optical Built-Up Index
In the context of urban planning, the increasing urban concentration and growth result in changes from natural landscape to impervious surface...
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Introduction of the Zangsgangri Ice Core
In this section, we introduce essential information of the Zangsegangri ice core, and provide some necessary information of glacier snow and ice...
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Determination of Levoglucosan in Tibetan Glacier Snow and Ice Samples
In this chapter, a method is developed for determination of levoglucosan at trace concentration levels in complex matrices of glacier snow and ice...
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Formation and Development of the Cryosphere
The cryosphere is a sphere on the earth’s surface with a certain thickness, where temperature is continuously distributed below the freezing point....
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Cryospheric Evolutions at Different Time Scales
The paleo-cryosphere is the cryosphere of the earth in the past geological time. The history of the Earth covers about 4.6 billion years (Ga)....
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Chemical Characteristics of the Cryosphere
Cryospheric chemistry is one of the most important research aspects of Cryospheric Science and has important impacts on the climatic and...
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Geochemical Behavior of Levoglucosan in Tibetan Plateau Glacier Snow and Ice
This book focuses on geochemical behavior and ancient records of the specific biomarker levoglucosan in Tibetan glaciers, Based on samples from the...