000323867 000__ 06092cam\a2200409\a\4500 000323867 001__ 323867 000323867 005__ 20210513120415.0 000323867 008__ 070903s2007\\\\enkab\\\\\\\\\001\0\eng\\ 000323867 010__ $$a 2008295497 000323867 020__ $$a9780521828703 000323867 020__ $$a0521828708 000323867 035__ $$a(OCoLC)ocn154682235 000323867 035__ $$a323867 000323867 040__ $$aUKM$$cUKM$$dBTCTA$$dBAKER$$dYDXCP$$dC#P$$dIXA$$dSHH$$dDLC$$dNOR$$dVP@ 000323867 043__ $$ax------ 000323867 049__ $$aISEA 000323867 050_4 $$aQE33.2.R4$$bO97 2007 000323867 05000 $$aGE45.R44$$bO97 2007 000323867 08204 $$a550.28$$222 000323867 08204 $$a525.0222$$222 000323867 24500 $$aOur changing planet :$$bthe view from space /$$cedited by Michael D. King ... [et al.]. 000323867 260__ $$aCambridge ;$$aNew York :$$bCambridge University Press,$$c2007. 000323867 300__ $$axvii, 390 p. :$$bill. (chiefly col.), maps (chiefly col.) ;$$c32 cm. 000323867 500__ $$aIncludes index. 000323867 50500 $$aForeword / P.J. Sellers -- Preface / M.D. King, C.L. Parkinson, K.C. Partington, R.G. Williams -- Acknowledgments -- [pt. 1]. The dynamic atmosphere -- Introduction / M.D. King -- Clouds : are the shutters of the Earth changing? / D.P. Wylie, W.P. Menzel -- Cloud optical and microphysical properties / M.D. King -- Clouds and the Earth's radiation budget /$$rN.G. Loeb, T. Wong -- Water vapor / B.J. Soden -- A world of rain / R.F. Adler, G.J. Huffman, S. Curtis -- Hurricanes : connections with climate change / J.B. Halverson -- Lightning / S.J. Goodman, D.E. Buechler, E.W. McCaul, Jr. -- Warming and cooling of the atmosphere / Q. Fu, M. Johanson -- Dust in the wind / N.C. Husu, S.,-C. Tsay, M.D. King, D.J. Diner -- Atmospheric pollution : a global problem / D.P. Edwards -- Ship tracks / S. Platnick -- Airplane contrails / P. Minnis -- Weekly cycle of nitrogen dioxide pollution from space / S. Beirle, U. Platt, T. Wagner, M.O. Wenig. J.F. Gleason -- The ozone hole / R.D. McPeters -- The chlorine threat to Earth's ozone shield / M.L. Santee -- 000323867 50500 $$a[pt. 2]. The vital land -- Introduction / K.C. Partington -- The San Andreas fault : adjustments in the Earth's crust / D.T. Sandwell, B.R. Smith -- Mt. Pinatubo : an enduring volcanic hazard / P.J. Mounginis-Mark -- Extreme floods / S. Caquard, G.R. Brakenridge -- Satellite monitoring of Ebola virus hemorrhagic fever epidemics / J.E. Pinzon, C.J. Tucker -- Snow cover : the most dynamic feature on the Earth's surface / D.K. Hall, J.L. Foster -- Glaciers : scribes of climate ; harbingers of change / D.K. Hall, R.S. Williams, Jr. -- Boreal forests : a lengthening growing season / K.C. McDonald, J.S. Kimball -- Soil moisture : a critical underlying role / M.F. Jasinski, T.J. Jackson, M. Owe, B.A. Cosgrove -- The sunlit Earth / C.B. Schaaf -- Temperature of the land surface / Z. Wan -- 000323867 50500 $$a[pt. 3]. The restless ocean -- Introduction / R.G. Williams -- Ocean bathymetry and plate tectonics / D.T. Sandwell -- Ocean surface topography and circulation / L.-L. Fu -- Heat in the ocean / P.J. Minnett -- Sea level rise / G.T. Mitchum R.S. Nerem -- Tides / R.D. Ray -- Winds over ocean / W.T. Liu, X. Xie -- The stormy Atlantic / D.K. Woolf, I.S. Robinson -- The ocean biosphere / C.R. McClain, G.C. Feldman -- Coccolithophores and the 'Sea of milk' / W.M. Balch -- Coral bleaching / G. Liu, A.E. Strong -- Hunting red tides from space / K.L. Carner, J.J. Walsh, J.P. Cannizzaro -- Marine sediments / J.G. Acker -- Tsunamis / R. Scharroo -- [pt. 4]. The frozen caps -- Introduction / K.C. Partington -- Antarctica : a continent revealed / K.C. Jezek -- Ice sheets on the move / E. Rignot, I. Joughin -- Ice sheets and the threat to global sea level / R.H. Thomas, R.A. Bindschadler -- The great white ocean : the Arctic's changing sea ice cover / C.L. Parkinson -- Bound together : Arctic sea ice, ocean, and atmosphere / C.L. Parkinson -- Sea ice : the shifting crust of the Southern Ocean / M.R. Drinkwater, J.C. Comiso -- Antarctic Polynyas : ventilation, bottom water, and high productivity for the world's oceans / J. C. Comiso, M.R. Drinkwater -- 000323867 50500 $$a[pt. 5]. Evidence of our tenure -- Introduction / C.L. Parkinson -- Mapping the ancient Maya landscape from space / T.L. Sever, D.E. Irwin -- Global land use changes / J.A. Foley, N. Ramankutty, B. Leff, H.K. Gibbs -- The changing role of fire on Earth / D.P. Roy, C.O. Justice -- The tropical rain forest : threatened powerhouse of the biosphere / K.C. McDonald, B. Chapman, J.S. Kimball, R. Zimmermann -- The green wave / L. Zhou, R.K. Kaufmann, C.J. Tucker, R.B. Myneni -- Monitoring urban areas globally and locally / A. Schneider -- Gray wave of the great transformation / M.L. Imhoff, L. Bounoua, J.M. Shepherd -- Urban heat islands / D. A. Quattrochi, M.G. Estes, Jr., C.A. Laymon, W.L. Crosson, B.F. Howell, J.C. Luvall, D.L. Rickman -- Urbanization in China : the Pearl River delta example / K.C. Seto -- Water issues in the fertile crescent : irrigation in southeastern Turkey / M. Ozdogan, C.E. Woodcock, G.D. Salvucci -- Chronicling the destruction of Eden : the draining of the Iraqi marshes / G.T. Koeln, Y. Naficy, C.L. Parkinson -- Destruction of the Aral Sea / P.P. Micklin -- The desiccation of Lake Chad / M.T. Coe, C. Birkett -- Industrial pollution in the Russian Arctic / W.G. Rees -- Oil spills at sea / F. Parthiot -- 000323867 50500 $$aEpilogue -- Appendix 1 : Satellites and satellite orbits / M. D. King -- Appendix 2 : Glossary -- Appendix 3 : Acronyms -- Appendix 4 : Contributors -- Index -- About the editors. 000323867 520__ $$aExamines what orbital imagery tells us about the atmosphere, land, ocean, and polar ice caps of our planet and the ways that it changes naturally, and in response to human activity. 000323867 650_0 $$aEnvironmental sciences$$xRemote sensing. 000323867 650_0 $$aNature$$xEffect of human beings on. 000323867 651_0 $$aEarth (Planet)$$vPhotographs from space. 000323867 651_0 $$aEarth (Planet)$$vRemote-sensing images. 000323867 7001_ $$aKing, Michael D. 000323867 85200 $$bover$$hGE45.R44$$iO97$$i2007 000323867 85642 $$3Publisher description$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2008295497-d.html 000323867 85641 $$3Table of contents only$$uhttp://www.loc.gov/catdir/enhancements/fy0808/2008295497-t.html 000323867 909CO $$ooai:library.usi.edu:323867$$pGLOBAL_SET 000323867 980__ $$aBIB 000323867 980__ $$aBOOK