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

2. 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

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

4. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20084 Rees Figure 10.6

5. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20085 Rees Figure 10.7

6. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20086 Rees Figure 10.13

7. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20087 Rees Figure 10.14

8. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/20088 Rees Figure 10.15

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

10. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200810 Die NOAA Satelliten Figure source: NOAA.

11. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200811 Figure source: ESA.

12. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200812 Figure source: ESA.

13. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200813 Internet Image.

14. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200814 Image from Odin webpage.

15. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200815 Internet image.

16. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200816 Internet image. The A Train.

17. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200817 Image by Oliver Lemke. Cross-track scan

18. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200818 Image source: CIWSIR Mission proposal. Conical scan

19. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200819 Internet image.

20. Stefan Buehler, Kiruna, Winter 2007/200820 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.