Space technologies for the benefit of human society and earth / Phillip Olla, editor.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

SMOS : Earth's water monitoring mission / K.D. McMullan ... [et al.] -- India's EO pyramid for holistic development / V. Jayaraman, Sanjay K. Srivastava and D. Gowrisankar -- Shifting paradigms in water management / Paxina Chileshe -- Operational oceanography and the Sentinel-3 system / Miguel Aguirre ... [et al.] -- Advanced space technology for oil spill detection / Maral H. Zeynalova, Rustam B. Rustamov and Siada E. Salahova -- From orbit to OR: space solutions for terrestrial challenges in medicine / S. Pandya -- Bridging health divide between rural and urban areas : satellite based telemedicine networks in India / A. Bhaskaranarayana ... [et al.] -- TEMOS : telemedicine for the mobile society telemedical support for travellers and expatriates / Markus Lindlar, Claudia Mika and Rupert Gerzer -- Convergence of Internet and space technology / Jin-Chang Guo -- Using inflatable antennas for portable satellite-based personal communications systems / Naomi Mathers -- Space-borne tsunami warning system / Peter A.I. Brouwer ... [et al.] -- GEONETCast Americas : a GEOSS environmental data dissemination system using commercial satellites / Richard Fulton, Paul Seymour and Linda Moodie -- Space technology for disaster monitoring, mitigation and damage assessment / Jesús Gonzalo, Gonzalo Martín-de-Mercado and Fernando Valcarce -- Remote sensing and GIS techniques for natural disaster monitoring / Luca Martino ... [et al.] -- EO products for drought risk reduction / Sanjay K. Srivastava ... [et al.] -- The diffusion of information communication and space technology applications into society / Phillip Olla -- Humanitarian aids using satellite technology / Mattia Stasolla and Paolo Gamba -- National development through space : India as a model / Ian A. Christensen, Jason W. Hay and Angela D. Peura -- Space based societal applications / A. Bhaskaranarayana and P.K. Jain -- Space for energy : the role of space-based capabilities for managing energy resources on Earth / Ozgur Gurtuna -- Sharing brains : knowledge management project for ESA space operations / R. Mugellesi Dow ... [et al.].