Open Space: The Global Effort for Open Access to Environmental Satellite Data

by Mariel Borowitz

Book Overview

An examination of environmental satellite data sharing policies, offering a model of data-sharing policy development, case and practical recommendations for increasing global data sharing.

Key to understanding and addressing climate change is continuous and precise monitoring of environmental conditions. Satellites play an important role in collecting climate data, offering comprehensive global coverage that can't be matched by in situ observation...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0262037181
• ISBN13: 9780262037181
• Release Date: December 2017
• Publisher: MIT Press
• Length: 432 Pages
• Weight: 1.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.2"
• Age Range: 18 years and up
• Grade Range: Postsecondary and higher