Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services (Earth Observation of Global Changes)
by Domingo Alcaraz-Segura, Carlos Marcelo Di Bella and Julieta Veronica Straschnoy
CRC Press | November 2013 | ISBN-10: 1466505885 | PDF | 518 pages | 63.94 mb
http://www.amazon.com/Observation-Ecosystem-Services-Global-Changes/dp/1466505885
A balanced review of differing approaches based on remote sensing tools and methods to assess and monitor biodiversity, carbon and water cycles, and the energy balance of terrestrial ecosystem. Earth Observation of Ecosystem Services highlights the advantages Earth observation technologies offer for quantifying and monitoring multiple ecosystem functions and services. It provides a multidisciplinary reference that expressly covers the use of remote sensing for quantifying and monitoring multiple ecosystem services.
Rather than exhaustively cover all possible ecosystem services, this book takes a global look at the most relevant remote sensing approaches to estimate key ecosystem services from satellite data. Structured in four main sections, it covers carbon cycle, biodiversity, water cycle, and energy balance. Each section contains a review of conceptual and empirical methods, techniques, and case studies linking remotely sensed data to the biophysical variables and ecosystem functions associated with key ecosystem services.
The book identifies relevant issues and challenges of assessment, presents cutting-edge sensing techniques, uses globally implemented tools to quantify ecosystem functions, and presents examples of successful monitoring programs. Covering recent developments undertaken on the global and national stage from Earth observation satellite data, it includes valuable lessons and recommendations and novel ways to improve current global monitoring systems. The book delineates the use of Earth observation data so that it can be used to quantify, map, value, and manage the valuable goods and services that ecosystems provide to societies around the world.
CONTENTS
Foreword.....ix
Editors....xi
Contributors....xiii
Reviewers....xix
Section I Introduction
1. A Global Vision for Monitoring Ecosystem Services with Satellite Sensors.....3
Section II Ecosystem Services Related to the Carbon Cycle
2. Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Dynamics: Its Evaluation Using Remote Sensing Techniques....17
3. Recent Advances in the Estimation of Photosynthetic Stress for Terrestrial Ecosystem Services Related to Carbon Uptake....39
4. Earth Observation of Carbon Cycling Pools and Processes in Northern High-Latitude Systems....63
5. Monitoring the Ecosystem Service of Forage Production....87
6. Missing Gaps in the Estimation of the Carbon Gains Service from Light Use Efficiency Models.....105
7. Biomass Burning Emission Estimation in Amazon Tropical Forest....125
Section
III Ecosystem Services Related to Biodiversity
8. Earth Observation for Species Diversity Assessment and Monitoring....151
9. Ecosystem Services Assessment of National Parks Networks for Functional Diversity and Carbon Conservation Strategies Using Remote Sensing....179
10. Catchment Scale Analysis of the Influence of Riparian Vegetation on River Ecological Integrity Using Earth Observation Data....201
Section IV Ecosystem Services Related to the Water Cycle
11. Evaluation of Hydrological Ecosystem Services through Remote Sensing....229
12. Assimilation of Remotely Sensed Data into Hydrologic Modeling for Ecosystem Services Assessment....261
13. Detecting Ecosystem Reliance on Groundwater Based on Satellite-Derived Greenness Anomalies and Temporal Dynamics.....283
14. Surface Soil Moisture Monitoring by Remote Sensing: Applications to Ecosystem Processes and Scale Effects....303
15. Snowpack as a Key Element in Mountain Ecosystem Services: Some Clues for Designing Useful Monitoring Programs....329
Section V Ecosystem Services Related to the Land-Surface Energy Balance
16. Characterizing and Monitoring Climate Regulation Services....351
17. Ecosystem Services Related to Energy Balance: A Case Study of Wetlands Reflected Energy....379
18. Energy Balance and Evapotranspiration: A Remote Sensing Approach to Assess Ecosystem Services....399
19. Urban Heat Island Effect....417
Section VI Other Dimensions of Ecosystem Services
20. Multidimensional Approaches in Ecosystem Services Assessment....441
