| Description |
1 online resource (xii, 198 pages) : illustrations, maps |
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polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 161-180). |
| Contents |
Sensing from the Molecular to the Global Scale: New Opportunities and Challenges -- Integrating Observations, Models, and Users -- Case Studies on Integrated Observatories for Hydrological and Related Sciences -- Synthesis, Challenges, and Recommendations. |
| Summary |
"Water is essential to life for humans and their food crops, and for ecosystems. Effective water management requires tracking the inflow, outflow, quantity and quality of ground-water and surface water, much like balancing a bank account. Currently, networks of ground-based instruments measure these in individual locations, while airborne and satellite sensors measure them over larger areas. Recent technological innovations offer unprecedented possibilities to integrate space, air, and land observations to advance water science and guide management decisions. This book concludes that in order to realize the potential of integrated data, agencies, universities, and the private sector must work together to develop new kinds of sensors, test them in field studies, and help users to apply this information to real problems"--Publisher. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Water quality -- United States -- Measurement.
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Water quality. |
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United States. |
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Measurement. |
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Environmental monitoring -- United States -- Data processing.
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Environmental monitoring. |
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Data warehousing -- United States.
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Data warehousing. |
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Database management -- United States.
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Database management. |
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Stream measurements -- United States.
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Stream measurements. |
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Artificial satellites in earth sciences -- United States.
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Artificial satellites in earth sciences. |
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Artificial satellites in oceanography -- United States.
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Artificial satellites in oceanography. |
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Earth sciences -- Remote sensing.
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Earth sciences -- Remote sensing. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Added Author |
National Research Council (U.S.). Water Science and Technology Board.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: National Research Council (U.S.). Committee on Integrated Observations for Hydrologic and Related Sciences. Integrating multiscale observations of U.S. waters. Washington, D.C. : National Academies Press, ©2008 (DLC) 2008299696 |
| ISBN |
0309114586 (electronic book) |
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9780309114585 (electronic book) |
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9780309114578 (paperback) |
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0309114578 (paperback) |
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