Book contents
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management
- Reviews
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Why Manage Water with Satellite Remote Sensing?
- 2 An Introduction to Remote Sensing from Space
- 3 A Review of First Principles
- 4 Introduction to Cloud Computing
- 5 Satellite Remote Sensing of Precipitation
- 6 Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Water in Lakes and Reservoirs
- 7 Satellite Remote Sensing of River Discharge
- 8 Reservoir Management from Space
- 9 Crop and Irrigation Management from Space
- 10 Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Water Temperature
- 11 Social Justice in Water Management
- 12 Citizen Science and Water Management
- Index
- References
1 - Why Manage Water with Satellite Remote Sensing?
Published online by Cambridge University Press: 10 October 2025
Book contents
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management
- Reviews
- Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management
- Copyright page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Preface
- Acknowledgements
- 1 Why Manage Water with Satellite Remote Sensing?
- 2 An Introduction to Remote Sensing from Space
- 3 A Review of First Principles
- 4 Introduction to Cloud Computing
- 5 Satellite Remote Sensing of Precipitation
- 6 Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Water in Lakes and Reservoirs
- 7 Satellite Remote Sensing of River Discharge
- 8 Reservoir Management from Space
- 9 Crop and Irrigation Management from Space
- 10 Satellite Remote Sensing of Surface Water Temperature
- 11 Social Justice in Water Management
- 12 Citizen Science and Water Management
- Index
- References
Summary
This is the first chapter of the book. The goal of this chapter is to introduce ourselves to the growing importance of using satellite remote sensing to manage our water. We will try to understand this in the context of the underlying challenges and new global forces shaping up this century that are expected to make traditional ways of managing water using in-situ data more challenging.
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- Satellite Remote Sensing for Water Management , pp. 1 - 17Publisher: Cambridge University PressPrint publication year: 2025
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