This book is a useful guide to employing remote sensing data to explain and illustrate interactions between atmospheric, oceanic and hydrological processes, incorporating the latest developments in the field. A number of applications, such as water resources management, environmental monitoring, climate prediction, agriculture, and preparation for and mitigation of extreme weather events are characterised by widely varying requirements for the spatial, temporal and spectral resolutions of remotely sensed data. To reflect this diversity of needs, this book considers a range of available data assimilation methods and technology transfer practices to give the reader thorough coverage of the different aspects of the subject area and to identify potential growth areas of remote sensing applications. Ideal for both students and professionals, this book provides a fuller picture of the subject, with the inclusion of related subjects such as data management and geomorphology, and two case histories of water resource management, dealing with water harvesting and water pollution.
Contents
List of figures vii
List of tables xi
Foreword xii
Preface xiv
About the author xvi
Annotations of technical terms xvii
PART 1
Remote-sensing sensors, data retreival and assimilation,
and technology transfer 1
1 Remote sensing and hydrology 3
VENKAT LAKSHMI
2 Hydrologic data assimilation 25
JEFFREY P. WALKER AND PAUL R. HOUSER
3 Analysis of remotely sensed data 49
R. KRISHNAN AND B.L. DEEKSHATULU
4 Technology transfer in remote-sensing applications 61
S. KALLURI AND P. GILRUTH
PART 2
Remote-sensing data applications 71
5 Computing and mapping of evapotranspiration 73
RICHARD G. ALLEN, ANTHONY MORSE, MASAHIRO TASUMI,
WILLIAM J. KRAMBER, AND WIM BASTIAANSSEN
6 Satellite remote sensing of soil moisture 91
THOMAS J. JACKSON
7 Ensemble streamflow forecasting: methods and applications 97
BALAJI RAJAGOPALAN, KATRINA GRANTZ, SATISH REGONDA,
MARTYN CLARK, AND EDITH ZAGONA
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8 Regional climatic variability and its impacts on flood and drought hazards 117
B. GOZZINI, M. BALDI, G. MARACCHI, F. MENEGUZZO, M. PASQUI, AND F. PIANI
9 Climate drivers, streamflow forecasting, and flood risk management 135
GONZALO PIZARRO AND UPMANU LALL
10 Remote sensing in water resource management 157
D.P. RAO
11 Geospatial information technology in watershed management 171
I.V. MURALI KRISHNA
PART 3 191
Water resource management: case histories
12 Runoff agroforestry 193
P.R. BERLINER
13 Water pollution and its numerical modeling in coastal watersheds 201
A. GHOSH BOBBA AND VIJAY P. SINGH
Index 221
Biography
U. Aswathanarayana, has over 50 years of research and teaching experience in India, Tanzania and Mozambique and in the United States of America, United Kingdom and Canada. His specializations include Nuclear Geology, Geochemistry, Economic Geology and Natural Resources Management. The author is currently engaged in the development of the Mahadevan International Centre for Water Resources Management, Hyderabad, India, which is a part of the UNESCO – TWAS Network of Scientific Organizations.
The Editor was awarded the prestigious Excellence in Geophysical Education Award (2005) of the American Geophysical Union for his meritorious contributions to the paradigm shift in geoscience instruction. Previous books by U. Aswathanarayana, published by A.A. Balkema Publishers, are Principles of Nuclear Geology (1986), Water Resources Management and the Environment (2001) and Mineral Resources Management and the Environment (2003).
Dr Aswathanarayana is the recipient of the American Geophysical Union’s 2007 International Award for serving science and society in less developed countries by training geoscience personnel and developing geoscience infrastructure; promoting self-reliance in these countries. The award recognizes Dr Aswathanarayana’s outstanding contribution to furthering the Earth and space sciences and using science for the benefit of society in less favored nations.
..."a valuable guide of the latest innovative methodologies in water science. This book is a must for avid readers and practitioners of this discipline..." J. Geol. Soc.Ind., (Bangalore) November 2006.
