Satellite monitoring

Brenguier J.-L. Pawlowska H. and Schuller L. (2003). Cloud microphysical and radiative properties for parameterization and satellite monitoring of the indirect effect of aerosol on climate. J. Geophys. Res., 108(D15), CMP6/1-CMP6/14. 

Weeks S.J. Pitcher G.C. and Bernard S. (2004). Satellite monitoring of the evolution of a coccolithophorid bloom in the Southern Benguela upwelling system. Oceanography, 17(1), 83-89. 

Steven, M.D. (1997). Satellite monitoring for precision farm decision support. First European Conference on Precision Agriculture, 7-10 September 1997. Oxford, UK Warwick University Press, pp. 697-704. 

Satellite monitoring of the Black Sea performed during the past decade showed that the seasonal changes in the chlorophyll concentrations in the deep-water regions of the sea featured a distinct minimum in the summer and a maximum in the autumn-winter period. This kind of seasonal change is characteristic of subtropical seas, in which the summertime stratification restricts the nutrient supply and phytoplankton growth. The Black Sea, because of its extreme haline stratification, may be referred to the same type. 

P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, and the Hydroproject Institute (Moscow, Russia), as well as on a wide scientific literature mainly published in Russian editions. These data are complemented by the results of a series of recent Russian national and international projects, where an extensive research of the Aral Sea was carried out over the past decade. Special attention is paid within the book to satellite monitoring of the state and different natural parameters of the Aral Sea and its surroundings. Reasons for the progressing environmental crisis and present socio-economic problems in the Aral Sea region are also highlighted. 

Ginzburg Al, Kostianoy AG, Sheremet NA, Kravtsova VI (2009) Satellite monitoring of the Aral Sea region. In Kostianoy AG, Kosarev AN (eds) The Aral Sea Environment. The handbook of environmental chemistry. Springer, Berlin... 

Satellite monitoring of accidental and deliberate marine oil pollution... 

Technical support of the European Commission and in particular the Management Committee on Marine Pollution (MCMP), in the field of oil pollution detection and tracking by satellite monitoring ... 

Self-detection programs are now at an advanced stage through satellite monitoring of temperature changes in seawater. 

The ozone layer protects Earth s surface from damaging ultraviolet (UV) radiation. Therefore, if the concentration of ozone in the stratosphere decreases substantially, more UV radiation wiU reach Earth s surface, causing unwanted photochemical reactions, including reactions correlated with skin cancer. Satellite monitoring of ozone, which began in 1978, has revealed a depletion of ozone in the stratosphere that is particularly severe over Antarctica, a phenomenon known as the ozone hole ( FIGURE 18.6). The first scientific paper on this phenomenon appeared in 1985, and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) maintains an Ozone Hole Watch website with daily updates and data from 1999 to the present. 

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