Environmental Monitoring from Space Session 1: Intro, Orbits, Viewing Geometries Stefan Buehler Luleå Technical University Department of Space Science Kiruna

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20082 Why remote sensing? Global Change Global Warming Ozon Layer Atmospheric Polutants Oil Spills Land Use Weather Prediction We need data! Exploring Other Planets

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20083 Meteosat visible Earth disk image. Image source: EUMETSAT

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Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20089 Figure courtesy IUP Bremen.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Die NOAA Satelliten Figure source: NOAA.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Figure source: ESA.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Figure source: ESA.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Internet Image.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Image from Odin webpage.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Internet image.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Internet image. The A Train.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Image by Oliver Lemke. Cross-track scan

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Image source: CIWSIR Mission proposal. Conical scan

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ Internet image.

Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/ What is remote sensing? 80% nitrogen, 20% oxygen. And some traces of water vapor, carbon dioxide, and argon. Mr. Spock, what is the atmospheric composition? Internet image.