442 research outputs found
Coastal resources
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. The extreme importance of coastal zones for countries with highly-populated coastal areas has been discussed in Goncalves and Awange, J Surv Eng, 2007, [2] who highlight the concerns about their future, particularly on the state of their natural resources that provide life support and opportunities for economic development and tourism for these countries (Clarck, JR, Integrated management of coastal zones, 1992, [3] ). However, one of the main environmental problems facing coastal areas the world over is that of coastal erosion, which includes, e.g., beach erosion and other natural and anthropogenic environmental factors that are present along the shoreline
Research frame work at LACCOST, UFPE, Brazil
No full textAfter finishing PhD sandwich (Rodrigo) under co-supervision of Professor Bernhard Heck in 2010 at GIK (Geodetic Institute of Geodesy) KIT, new ideas came true to start a laboratory of research dedicated to coastal studies (LACCOST) at Federal University of Pernambuco, Brazil. Also the contact made at GIK with Professor Joseph Awange spreading his ideas about “Environmental Geodesy” add latter an international cooperation with Curtin University, Australia, improving this team and including beside coastal related studies researches with spatial geodesy as background to support questions about the environment, using Brazil and South America as study case. The objectives of this paper is firstly to thank Professor Heck for keeping always looking for international cooperation with naturally become an example and model to follow up and his incredible skills to support researches all over the world. Secondly propagate what has been the topic of master’s students showing researches under development at this laboratory
Disaster management
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Natural disasters, whether of meteorological origin such as cyclones, floods, tornadoes and droughts or of having geological nature such as earthquakes and volcanoes, are well known for their devastating impacts on human life, economy and environment, and are also formidable physical constraints in our overall efforts to develop and utilize the natural resources on a sustainable basis (Jayaraman, Chandrasekhar, Rao, Acra Astronaut 40(2–8):291–325, 1997, [1])
Environmental impact assessment
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) is defined by Munn [2] as the need to identify and predict the impact on the environment and on man’s health and well-being of legislative proposals, policies, programs, projects, and operational procedures, and to interpret and communicate information about the impact
Modernization of GNSS
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. Throughout history, position (location) determination has been one of the fundamental tasks undertaken by humans on a daily basis. Each day, one deals with positioning, be it going to work, the market, sports, church, mosque, temple, school or college, one has to start from a known location and move towards a known destination. Usually the start and end locations are known, since the surrounding physical features form a reference upon which we navigate ourselves. In the absence of these reference features, for instance in the desert or at sea, one then requires some tool that can provide knowledge of one’s position
Environmental surveying and surveillance
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. In this section, we discuss the quantitative and qualitative data that could be collected using GNSS satellites, and in so doing, attempt to answer the question “what can GNSS satellites deliver that are of use to environmental monitoring?” The observed parameters necessary for environmental monitoring vary, depending upon the indicators being assessed. Some are physical variables such as changes in soil patterns, vegetation, rainfall, water levels, temperature, deforestation, solar and UV radiation. Others are chemical variables, e.g., pH, salinity, nutrients, metals, pesticides, while others are biological variables, e.g., species types, ecosystem health, and indicator species
Climate change and weather related impacts
No full textIn order to address the contributions of GNSS to monitor climate change caused by increase in temperature, a distinction between weather and climate on one hand, and climate variability and climate change on the other hand is essential
GNSS reflectometry and applications
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. When positioning with GNSS, multipath signal is a reflected GNSS signal that is a nuisance and as such needs to be eliminated. Whereas this reflected signal on the one hand is a nuisance for positioning, for environmental monitoring purposes, it could be useful in monitoring sea-wind retrieval, seawater salinity detection, ice-layer density measurements and other remote sensing applications (e.g., topography, soil moisture and vegetation), see, (Yang et al. GNSS-R data processing software and test analysis. Inside GNSS, Sept/Oct 2009, pp 40–45, 2009) e.g., [2]
GNSS remote sensing of the environment
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. GNSS satellites such as GPS are playing an increasingly crucial role in tracking low earth orbiting (LEO) remote sensing satellites at altitudes below 3000 km with accuracies of better than 10 cm [2]
Animals and vegetation protection and conservation
No full text© Springer International Publishing AG 2018. This chapter presents ways in which the emerging GNSS methods could be useful in supporting management and conservation efforts of animals and vegetation. Ways in which animals and vegetation impact on the environment, and vice versa, i.e., the ways in which the environment impact, through human-induced anthropogenic activities, on the animals and vegetation are considered. Specific emphasis on how GNSS could support these efforts through monitoring, thereby enabling remedial measures to be undertaken are presented
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