Earth System Monitoring
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1. Earth System Monitoring, Introduction.- 2. Airborne and Space-borne Remote Sensing of Cryosphere.- 3. Aircraft and Space Atmospheric Measurements Using Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL).- 4. Contemporary Sea Level Variations, Observations and Causes.- 5. Coral Reef Ecosystems.- 6. Earth System Environmental Literacy.- 7. Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains.- 8. Heat Content and Temperature of the Ocean.- 9. Hurricane and Monsoon Tracking with Driftsondes.- 10. Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning.- 11. Long-Term Ecological Research Network.- 12. Ocean Acidification.- 13. Ocean Evaporation and Precipitation.- 14. Ocean Observatories and Information: Building a Global Ocean Observing Network.- 15. Oil Spill Remote Sensing.- 16. Remote Sensing Applications to Ocean and Human Health.- 17. Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters.- 18. Remote Sensing of Ocean Color.- 19. Volcanoes, Observations and Impact.- Index.
