Global Change studies are increasingly being considered a vital source of information to
understand the Earth Environment in particular in the framework of human-induced climate
change and land use transformation. Satellite Earth Observing systems provide a unique tool to
monitor those changes. While the range of applications and innovative techniques is constantly
increasing this book provides a summary of key case studies where satellite data offer
critical information to understand the causes and effects of those environmental changes
minimizing their negative impacts. This book will be of interest to researchers and
practitioners in the field of remote sensing geographical information meteorology and
environmental sciences. Also scientists and graduate up to post-graduate level students in
environmental science will find valuable information in this book.
