Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators
Environmental indicators are increasingly being used in policy and management contexts, yet serious data deficiencies exist for many parameters of interest to environmental decision making. With its global synoptic coverage and the wide range of instruments available, satellite remote sensing has th...
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| author | Alex de Sherbinin Marc A Levy Erica Zell Stephanie Weber Malanding Jaiteh |
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| description | Environmental indicators are increasingly being used in policy and management contexts, yet serious data deficiencies exist for many parameters of interest to environmental decision making. With its global synoptic coverage and the wide range of instruments available, satellite remote sensing has the potential to fill a number of these gaps, yet their potential contribution to indicator development has largely remained untested. In this paper we present results of a pilot effort to develop satellite-derived indicators in three major issue areas: ambient air pollution, coastal eutrophication, and biomass burning. A primary focus is on the vetting of indicators by an advisory group composed of remote sensing scientists and policy makers. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-00a4bfd3a5c94ae6984acede38a39fc12023-08-09T14:48:03ZengIOP PublishingEnvironmental Research Letters1748-93262014-01-019808401310.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084013Using satellite data to develop environmental indicatorsAlex de Sherbinin0Marc A Levy1Erica Zell2Stephanie Weber3Malanding Jaiteh4Center for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USACenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USABattelle Memorial Institute, USABattelle Memorial Institute, USACenter for International Earth Science Information Network (CIESIN), The Earth Institute at Columbia University, USAEnvironmental indicators are increasingly being used in policy and management contexts, yet serious data deficiencies exist for many parameters of interest to environmental decision making. With its global synoptic coverage and the wide range of instruments available, satellite remote sensing has the potential to fill a number of these gaps, yet their potential contribution to indicator development has largely remained untested. In this paper we present results of a pilot effort to develop satellite-derived indicators in three major issue areas: ambient air pollution, coastal eutrophication, and biomass burning. A primary focus is on the vetting of indicators by an advisory group composed of remote sensing scientists and policy makers.https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084013remote sensingenvironmental indicatorssustainabilityair qualityocean colorbiomass burning |
| spellingShingle | Alex de Sherbinin Marc A Levy Erica Zell Stephanie Weber Malanding Jaiteh Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators Environmental Research Letters remote sensing environmental indicators sustainability air quality ocean color biomass burning |
| title | Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators |
| title_full | Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators |
| title_fullStr | Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators |
| title_short | Using satellite data to develop environmental indicators |
| title_sort | using satellite data to develop environmental indicators |
| topic | remote sensing environmental indicators sustainability air quality ocean color biomass burning |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1088/1748-9326/9/8/084013 |
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