Geospatial Technologies: Environmental and Climate Science Applications and Challenges
暫譯: 地理空間技術：環境與氣候科學的應用與挑戰

本書專注於地理空間技術、氣候科學以及風險預測的應用與挑戰。它彌合了地理資訊科學（GIS）、遙感技術、全球定位系統（GPS）和機器學習原則之間的差距。書中強調遙感數據和GIS技術在氣候科學數據不同方面的應用和重要性。它考慮了地理空間和人工智慧在資源研究中的使用，主要聚焦於水、空氣、土壤、城市、氣候和環境方面，並以案例研究為支撐。

特色：
- 包含地理技術的應用，強調其對氣候變遷和氣象要素建模的影響。
- 結合地理空間技術和人工智慧方法論。
- 提供社會影響和社區參與的平臺，促進地理空間技術在多個行業中的應用。
- 使用衛星數據和GIS檢視熱浪、寒潮和沙塵暴模型。
- 通過強調無人機與地理空間技術的使用和適用性來處理案例研究。

本書旨在為地理空間科學和環境工程的研究人員及研究生提供參考。

Pradeep Kumar is a senior Assistant Professor in the Department of Physics, Manipal University Jaipur, India. He received his doctorate degree from the Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology (BHU), Varanasi, India. He has made significant contributions in the field of remote sensing, GIS, GPS, AI/ML, aerosols, environmental pollution, climate change, public health, agricultural crops production, and soil moisture and working in these areas, since last 13 years. He has published more than 45 peer-reviewed research articles in international/national journals with h/i10 index 18/29 and 5 book chapters in Taylor and Francis and other international publishers. He has also published more than 30 oral and posters presentations in various national/international conferences/workshops. He has served as a reviewer in various international/national journals. He served as lead topic editor of special issue entitled "Advances in remote sensing and GIS applied to earth observation and environmental monitoring" in "Frontiers of Remote Sensing" Journal. Guest associate editor of special issue "Environment and Climate: Role of Humans and Technologies (ECRHT)" in "Environmental Science and Pollution Research" Journal. Currently he is working as a lead editor in one Scopus Indexed in press book entitled "Geospatial Technologies: Environmental and Climate Science Applications & Challenges" that will be published by Taylor & Francis.

Rajeev Bhatla is an Indian monsoon expert and a Professor of Meteorology at Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University (BHU), Varanasi. His areas of interest are teleconnection and its linkage to the Indian monsoon, regional/global climate modeling, climate prediction, extreme weather events and many more. During his professional career of about 30 years, he gained extensive experience in academics, administration and research. Prof. Bhatla has supervised 22 Ph.D. students (12 -awarded, 10-pursuing) and published/accepted 140 research papers, and 27 book chapters in peer-reviewed International and National journals. He was also a Regular Associate of ICTP which comes under the umbrella of UNESCO and IAEA. Recently he conferred with Fellow of Indian Geophysical Union.

Sudhir Kumar Singh has expertise in geospatial technologies, climate, and land use change modelling, water resources. He has 211 publications with Google scholar citation 8959, i-index: 106, h-index: 55. Published 04 edited books. Recipient of many fellowships namely National Research Foundation (NRF), South Africa, CSIR-JRF, UGC-JRF, G. Parthasarathi Fellowship and Best Teacher award, University of Allahabad, and Young Scientist Gold Medal. Enlisted in 2% Scientist in world ranking of Stanford, USA. Acting as Associate Editor in international journals [Arabian Journal Geosciences, Water Conservation and Engineering], editorial board member [Geology, Ecology and Landscapes, Applied Water Science], Guest Editor [Remote Sensing, Water, Physics Chemistry and Earth].

Arti Choudhary is currently associated with Department of Geophysics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. She worked in Centre for Environment, Climate Change and Public Health at Utkal University Bhubaneswar Odisha, India. She received her PhD from the Department of Civil Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati, Assam, India. She worked in Transport Planning and Environment Division, CSIR- Central Road Research Institute New Delhi, India. She has made significant contributions in the field of aerosols, environmental pollution, urban traffic emission modeling, climate change, remote sensing, public health and working in these areas since last 12 years. She has published more than 60 international/national peer-reviewed research articles/book chapters/conferences. She served as guest editors of special issues in Physics and Chemistry of the Earth parts A/B/C, Frontiers of Remote Sensing, Frontiers in Environmental Science, Environmental Science and Pollution Research Journals. She visited several countries for research purpose like USA, Japan, China and Nepal.

Pradeep Kumar 是印度賈瓦哈拉爾·尼赫魯大學（Manipal University Jaipur）物理系的高級助理教授。他在印度理工學院（BHU）瓦拉納西的物理系獲得博士學位。在過去的13年中，他在遙感、地理資訊系統（GIS）、全球定位系統（GPS）、人工智慧/機器學習（AI/ML）、氣溶膠、環境污染、氣候變遷、公眾健康、農作物生產和土壤濕度等領域做出了重要貢獻。他在國際/國內期刊上發表了超過45篇經過同行評審的研究文章，h/i10 指數為 18/29，並在泰勒與法朗西斯（Taylor and Francis）及其他國際出版社發表了5章書籍。他還在各種國內/國際會議/研討會上發表了超過30篇口頭和海報報告。他曾擔任多個國際/國內期刊的審稿人，並擔任《遙感前沿》（Frontiers of Remote Sensing）期刊特刊的主題編輯，題為「應用於地球觀測和環境監測的遙感和GIS的進展」。他還擔任《環境科學與污染研究》（Environmental Science and Pollution Research）期刊特刊「環境與氣候：人類與技術的角色（ECRHT）」的客座副編輯。目前，他正在擔任一本名為《地理空間技術：環境與氣候科學應用與挑戰》（Geospatial Technologies: Environmental and Climate Science Applications & Challenges）的Scopus索引在印刷書籍的主編，該書將由泰勒與法朗西斯出版。

Rajeev Bhatla 是印度季風專家，並擔任瓦拉納西的班納拉斯印度大學（Banaras Hindu University, BHU）地球物理系的氣象學教授。他的研究興趣包括遠程連結及其與印度季風的關聯、區域/全球氣候建模、氣候預測、極端天氣事件等。在近30年的職業生涯中，他在學術、行政和研究方面積累了豐富的經驗。Bhatla教授指導了22名博士生（12名已獲得學位，10名在讀），並在同行評審的國際和國內期刊上發表/接受了140篇研究論文和27章書籍。他還是國際理論物理中心（ICTP）的常任成員，該機構隸屬於聯合國教科文組織（UNESCO）和國際原子能機構（IAEA）。最近，他被授予印度地球物理聯盟（Indian Geophysical Union）院士。

Sudhir Kumar Singh 專精於地理空間技術、氣候和土地利用變化建模、水資源等領域。他擁有211篇出版物，Google Scholar引用次數8959，i-index: 106，h-index: 55。出版了4本編輯書籍。獲得多項獎學金，包括南非國家研究基金會（NRF）、CSIR-JRF、UGC-JRF、G. Parthasarathi獎學金和阿拉哈巴德大學最佳教師獎，以及青年科學家金獎。被列入美國史丹佛大學的2%科學家世界排名。擔任國際期刊的副編輯[阿拉伯地球科學期刊（Arabian Journal Geosciences）、水資源保護與工程（Water Conservation and Engineering）]，編輯委員會成員[地質學（Geology）、生態學與景觀（Ecology and Landscapes）、應用水科學（Applied Water Science）]，客座編輯[遙感（Remote Sensing）、水（Water）、物理化學與地球（Physics Chemistry and Earth）]。

Arti Choudhary 目前與印度瓦拉納西的班納拉斯印度大學（Banaras Hindu University）地球物理系相關聯。她曾在印度奧里薩邦布巴內斯瓦爾的烏特卡爾大學（Utkal University）環境、氣候變遷與公共健康中心工作。她在印度阿薩姆邦的印度理工學院古瓦哈提（Indian Institute of Technology Guwahati）土木工程系獲得博士學位。她曾在印度新德里的中央公路研究所（CSIR-Central Road Research Institute）交通規劃與環境部門工作。在過去的12年中，她在氣溶膠、環境污染、城市交通排放建模、氣候變遷、遙感和公共健康等領域做出了重要貢獻。她在國際/國內的同行評審研究文章/書籍章節/會議上發表了超過60篇文章。她曾擔任《地球物理學與化學》（Physics and Chemistry of the Earth A/B/C）、《遙感前沿》（Frontiers of Remote Sensing）、《環境科學前沿》（Frontiers in Environmental Science）、《環境科學與污染研究》（Environmental Science and Pollution Research）期刊特刊的客座編輯。她曾因研究目的訪問多個國家，如美國、日本、中國和尼泊爾。