This book is a concise and self-contained work with enormous amount of information. It is a must-read for environmental scientists who struggle to conduct big data mining and data scientists who try to find the way into environmental science.
Zhihua Zhang is a Taishan Distinguished Professor at Shandong University, China. His research interests are Big Data Mining, Climate Change Mechanisms, Environmental Evolution and Sustainability. He has published 6 first-authored books in Elsevier/Springer/DeGruyter and published more than 60 first-authored articles, some of which were reported by New Scientist (UK), China Science Daily, and China Social Science Daily. Prof. Zhang is serving as the Editor-in-Chief of Int J Big Data Mining for Global Warming (World Scientific), Topical Chief Editor of Arab J Geosci (Springer), Associate Editor of Environ Dev Sustain (Springer), Associate Editor of EURASIP J Adv Signal Process (Springer), Associate Editor of Int J Climate Change Strat & Manag (Emerald), etc.