GNSS Applications in Earth and Space Observations: Challenges and Prospective Approaches
About this ebook
Features:
- Covers the most up-to-date GNSS applications in three major areas related to Earth and Space observations: climate studies, disaster management, and Space weather monitoring
- Includes case studies of best practices in climate studies and disaster management
- Explains the impacts of Space weather events on the near-Earth environment
- Describes limitations and future possibilities of better use of GNSS in Earth and Space observation and monitoring
- Highlights an integrated and interdisciplinary approach valuable to a wide range of readers studying Earth and Space interactions
This book is a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, academics, and students in Remote Sensing and GIS, Earth Science, Physics and Electronics, Climate Studies, Disaster Management, Geophysics, and Space Science.
About the author
Dr. Dileep Kumar Gupta received the M.Sc. degree in Electronics from the University Institute of Engineering and Technology, C.S.J.M. University, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India, in 2009. He has completed a Doctorate with the Department of Physics, IIT (BHU), Varanasi, India. Dr. Gupta qualified in the National Eligibility Test in Electronic Science and the Graduate Aptitude Test for Engineers in Electronics and Communication Engineering. Currently, he works as an Assistant Professor (Grade II) at Galgotias University, Greater Noida, UP, India. His research interests include multi-sensor remote sensing and climate data processing, geoinformatics, artificial intelligence and machine learning algorithms, disaggregation schemes for high-resolution soil moisture retrieval, and agriculture remote sensing.
Prof. Abhay Kumar Singh has made outstanding contributions to teaching and research in space weather studies, particularly the upper atmosphere over low latitudes and characteristics of aerosols over IGB. His work is widely cited in books, reviews, and papers. Prof. Singh established the Atmospheric Research Lab, recognized by ISRO, and has published more than 200 research papers. Prof. Singh has visited and lectured in The Netherlands, Busan South Korea, ICTP Italy, Sopron Hungry, New Orleans, Pasadena, and Boston, USA. He is also an esteemed and actively involved member of several world-renowned scientific societies, which include the Indian Physics Association, Indian Meteorological Society, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), and Plasma Science Society of India.
