Lake Victoria monitored from space / Joseph Awange.
Awange, Joseph L., 1969-
2021
QH195.V5
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Title Lake Victoria monitored from space / Joseph Awange.
Author Awange, Joseph L., 1969-
ISBN 9783030605513 (electronic bk.)
3030605515 (electronic bk.)
3030605507
9783030605506
DOI https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60551-3
Published Cham : Springer, 2021.
Language English
Description 1 online resource
Other Standard Identifiers 10.1007/978-3-030-60551-3 doi
Call Number QH195.V5
Dewey Decimal Classification 551.48/20971128
Summary This book employs a suite of remotely sensed products and advanced technologies to provide the first comprehensive space-based sensing of Lake Victoria, the world's second largest freshwater lake that supports a livelihood of more than 42 million people, modulates regional climate, but faces myriads of challenges. Proper understanding of the lake and changes in its physical dynamics (e.g., water level, shorelines and areal dynamics) resulting from the impacts of climate variation and climate change as well as anthropogenic (e.g., hydropower and irrigation) is important for its management as well as for strategic development before, during and after climate extremes (e.g., floods and droughts) in order to inform policy formulations, planning and mitigation measures. Owing to its sheer size, and lack of research resources commitment by regional governments that hamper its observations, however, it is a daunting task to undertake studies on Lake Victoria relying solely on in-situ "boots on the ground" measurements, which are sparse, missing in most cases, inconsistent or restricted by governmental red tapes. The book is useful to those in water resources management and policy formulations, hydrologists, environmentalists, engineers and researchers
Bibliography, etc. Note Includes bibliographical references and index.
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Source of Description Online resource; title from PDF title page (SpringerLink, viewed February 25, 2021).
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Part 1: Global and Lake Victoria's Water Resources
Chapter 1. Global Freshwater Resources
Chapter 2. Lake Victoria's Water Resources
Chapter 3. Challenges: Sustainaility & Obsolete Treaties
Chapter 4. Lake Level: Dam Operations versus Droughts
Part 2: Remote Sensing Techniques
Chapter 5. Satellite Remote Sensing
6. GNSS Refectometry and Applications.

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