Space technologies for the benefit of human society and earth
By: Phillip Olla, editor
Publisher: Springer
Published: 2009
Place of publication: [Netherlands]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 550
ISBN-13: 9781402095726; 9781402095733
Subjects: Astronautics; Technology transfer; Artificial satellites in remote sensing
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: SMOS : Earth's water monitoring mission / K.D. McMullan ... [et al.]; title: India's EO pyramid for holistic development / V. Jayaraman, Sanjay K. Srivastava and D. Gowrisankar; title: Shifting paradigms in water management / Paxina Chileshe; title: Operational oceanography and the Sentinel-3 system / Miguel Aguirre ... [et al.]; title: Advanced space technology for oil spill detection / Maral H. Zeynalova, Rustam B. Rustamov and Siada E. Salahova; title: From orbit to OR: space solutions for terrestrial challenges in medicine / S. Pandya; title: Bridging health divide between rural and urban areas : satellite based telemedicine networks in India / A. Bhaskaranarayana ... [et al.]; title: TEMOS : telemedicine for the mobile society telemedical support for travellers and expatriates / Markus Lindlar, Claudia Mika and Rupert Gerzer; title: Convergence of Internet and space technology / Jin-Chang Guo; title: Using inflatable antennas for portable satellite-based personal communications systems / Naomi Mathers; title: Space-borne tsunami warning system / Peter A.I. Brouwer ... [et al.]; title: GEONETCast Americas : a GEOSS environmental data dissemination system using commercial satellites / Richard Fulton, Paul Seymour and Linda Moodie; title: Space technology for disaster monitoring, mitigation and damage assessment / Jesús Gonzalo, Gonzalo Martín-de-Mercado and Fernando Valcarce; title: Remote sensing and GIS techniques for natural disaster monitoring / Luca Martino ... [et al.]; title: EO products for drought risk reduction / Sanjay K. Srivastava ... [et al.]; title: The diffusion of information communication and space technology applications into society / Phillip Olla; title: Humanitarian aids using satellite technology / Mattia Stasolla and Paolo Gamba; title: National development through space : India as a model / Ian A. Christensen, Jason W. Hay and Angela D. Peura; title: Space based societal applications / A. Bhaskaranarayana and P.K. Jain; title: Space for energy : the role of space-based capabilities for managing energy resources on Earth / Ozgur Gurtuna; title: Sharing brains : knowledge management project for ESA space operations / R. Mugellesi Dow ... [et al.].