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Geomatics --- Geomatics. --- Topography --- Remote Sensing --- Mapping --- Geographic Information --- Earth Observation --- Earth sciences --- Information science --- Geodesy --- Surveying --- Geodesy. Cartography --- geomatics --- topography --- remote sensing --- mapping --- geographic information --- earth observation

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Hazard mitigation. --- Emergency management. --- Natural disaster warning systems. --- Environmental monitoring. --- Integrated Earth Observation System (U.S.)

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Achieving the 17 UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) requires accurate, consistent and cost-efficient data. The papers in this book set out some of the frontiers regarding the use of Earth Observation (EO) data derived from satellites to help populate sustainable development indicators. It sets out the current challenges and opportunities in the field along with some case studies from around the world illustrating applications, such as exploring the use of EO for tracking SDG indicators using population grids to assessing resilience to extreme events such as flooding. Likewise, it covers diverse approaches that offer insights and guidance on environmental land management, desertification and support for evaluating education from space.

earth observation --- end-users --- environmental management --- land use --- Brazil --- Sustainable Development Goals --- hazards --- Earth observations --- remote sensing --- demography --- urbanization --- gridded population --- very high resolution satellite data --- habitat suitability --- habitat assessment --- Environmental Land Management --- monitoring --- verification --- reporting --- soil organic carbon --- soil organic matter --- Earth Observation --- SDGs --- indicator type --- data challenges --- UN sustainable development goals --- education --- socio-economic --- overcrowded schools --- vulnerability --- flooding --- Earth Observation (EO) --- Google Street View (GSV) --- climate change --- uncertainty evaluation --- desertification --- global change --- Earth observation --- planetary measurement --- Land Degradation Neutrality

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This edited open access book presents the comprehensive outcome of The European DataBio Project, which examined new data-driven methods to shape a bioeconomy. These methods are used to develop new and sustainable ways to use forest, farm and fishery resources. As a European initiative, the goal is to use these new findings to support decision-makers and producers – meaning farmers, land and forest owners and fishermen. With their 27 pilot projects from 17 countries, the authors examine important sectors and highlight examples where modern data-driven methods were used to increase sustainability. How can farmers, foresters or fishermen use these insights in their daily lives? The authors answer this and other questions for our readers. The first four parts of this book give an overview of the big data technologies relevant for optimal raw material gathering. The next three parts put these technologies into perspective, by showing useable applications from farming, forestry and fishery. The final part of this book gives a summary and a view on the future. With its broad outlook and variety of topics, this book is an enrichment for students and scientists in bioeconomy, biodiversity and renewable resources.

Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques --- Agricultural science --- Databases --- Environmental economics --- Data-driven bioeconomy --- big data --- artificial intelligence --- agriculture --- forestry --- earth observation --- satellite images --- fishery --- open access --- Dades massives --- Biologia econòmica --- Bioeconomía --- Biologia --- Botànica econòmica --- Etnobiologia --- Plagues --- Macrodades --- Bases de dades

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"Earth Observations for Addressing Global Challenges" presents the results of cutting-edge research related to innovative techniques and approaches based on satellite remote sensing data, the acquisition of earth observations, and their applications in the contemporary practice of sustainable development. Addressing the urgent tasks of adaptation to climate change is one of the biggest global challenges for humanity. As His Excellency António Guterres, Secretary-General of the United Nations, said, "Climate change is the defining issue of our time—and we are at a defining moment. We face a direct existential threat." For many years, scientists from around the world have been conducting research on earth observations collecting vital data about the state of the earth environment. Evidence of the rapidly changing climate is alarming: according to the World Meteorological Organization, the past two decades included 18 of the warmest years since 1850, when records began. Thus, Group on Earth Observations (GEO) has launched initiatives across multiple societal benefit areas (agriculture, biodiversity, climate, disasters, ecosystems, energy, health, water, and weather), such as the Global Forest Observations Initiative, the GEO Carbon and GHG Initiative, the GEO Biodiversity Observation Network, and the GEO Blue Planet, among others. The results of research that addressed strategic priorities of these important initiatives are presented in the monograph.

snow albedo radiative forcing --- snow albedo feedback --- radiative kernel --- remote sensing --- cloud fraction --- integrated liquid water --- integrated water vapour --- diurnal cycle --- microwave radiometer --- classification --- self-learning --- training data --- crop --- leaf area index --- comparison --- MODIS --- uncertainty --- China --- EVI --- climatic factor --- driving force --- grey relational analysis (GRA) --- Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region (IMAR) --- Earth Observation (EO) --- satellite --- sensors --- platform --- SAR --- GNSS-R --- optical sensors --- polar --- weather --- ice --- marine --- land surface temperature --- urban heat island --- surface urban heat island --- land use --- land management unit --- Earth observation --- radiometer --- VIS/NIR imager --- terrestrial ecosystem --- MODIS GPP product --- calibration --- arid region --- oasis-desert ecosystem --- Land use and land cover (LULC) --- cloud-to-ground (CG) lightning --- particulate matter (PM10) --- sulfur dioxide (SO2) --- El Niño 2015–16 --- trace gases --- Upper Troposphere Lower Stratosphere --- n/a --- El Niño 2015-16