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Lake Victoria Monitored from Space

This book employs a suite of remotely sensed products and advanced technologies to provide the first comprehensive space-based sensing of Lake Victoria, the world’s second largest freshwater lake that supports a livelihood of more than 42 million people, modulates regional climate, but faces myriads...

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Main Author: Awange, Joseph. (Author, http://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut)
Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2021.
Edition:1st ed. 2021.
Subjects:
Hydrogeology.
Environmental management.
Environmental monitoring.
Sustainable development.
Climate change.
Remote sensing.
Water Policy/Water Governance/Water Management.
Monitoring/Environmental Analysis.
Sustainable Development.
Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts.
Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.
Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-60551-3
Table of Contents:
  • Part 1: Global and Lake Victoria’s Water Resources
  • Chapter 1. Global Freshwater Resources
  • Chapter 2. Lake Victoria’s Water Resources
  • Chapter 3. Challenges: Sustainaility & Obsolete Treaties
  • Chapter 4. Lake Level: Dam Operations versus Droughts
  • Part 2: Remote Sensing Techniques
  • Chapter 5. Satellite Remote Sensing
  • 6. GNSS Reflectometry and Applications.

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