Abstract
Because changes in the Earth's environment have become major global issues, continuous, long‐term scientific information is required to assess global problems such as deforestation, desertification, greenhouse effects and climate variations. Global change studies require understanding of interactions of complex processes regulating the Earth system. Space‐based Earth observation is an essential element in global change research for documenting changes in Earth environment. It provides synoptic data for conceptual predictive modeling of future environmental change. This paper provides a brief overview of remote sensing technology from the perspective of global change research.
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Present Address: Energy Systems Division/372, Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne, IL 60439, USA
This work was not funded through Argonne National Laboratory.