Bulletin of the American Physical Society
Annual Meeting of the Four Corners Section of the APS
Volume 58, Number 12
Friday–Saturday, October 18–19, 2013; Denver, Colorado
Session E1: Plenary II |
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Chair: William Fairbank, Colorado State University Room: 248 |
Friday, October 18, 2013 3:45PM - 4:20PM |
E1.00001: AMO Talk Invited Speaker: Eric Cornell . [Preview Abstract] |
Friday, October 18, 2013 4:20PM - 4:55PM |
E1.00002: Remote Sensing of the Earth's Environment from Space: Past, Present, and Future Invited Speaker: Michael King With the wide variety of satellites encircling the Earth, provided by many countries and government agencies, satellites provide an invaluable means of monitoring our planet with a consistent measurement capability across national and other political boundaries. Satellite observations regularly reveal features of the planet that take scientists by surprise and remind us that we remain a long way from fully understanding the behavior of the complex web of physical, chemical, and biological processes that take place on our home planet. In this presentation, I will review the current state of Earth remote sensing capabilities, with a particular focus on US space observations. I will highlight what we know and how we know it, and will illustrate many applications of ``routine'' space-based observing systems that have led to applications across a wide range of environmental issues. In addition to planned environmental observations, such as (i) aerosol and cloud properties, (ii) concentrations and vertical profiles of atmospheric constituents, (iii) land surface properties, (iv) biological and physical oceanography, and (v) cryospheric properties, satellites have led to a large number of unanticipated applications that are of a broad interest to the human condition. Among these are (i) monitoring of air quality, (ii) number, distribution and energy of fires, (iii) floods, (iv) droughts, (v) volcanic eruptions, and other natural disasters. [Preview Abstract] |
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