gnss applications in earth and space observations: challenges and prospective approaches

Global Navigation Satellite Systems (GNSSs) have become an essential technology used in navigation, positioning, and timing applications in meteorology, environmental monitoring, disaster management, and space exploration. This comprehensive book explores the various applications of GNSS technology in different fields of Earth and Space observations and provides researchers, professionals, and students valuable insights into these emerging trends. It discusses the challenges that impact the performance of GNSS technology and offers solutions through several case studies on Space weather and climate disasters, opening a different dimension of approaches in various paradigms of GNSS technology.

Features:

• Covers the most up-to-date GNSS applications in three major areas related to Earth and Space observations: climate studies, disaster management, and Space weather monitoring.
• Includes case studies of best practices in climate studies and disaster management.
• Explains the impacts of Space weather events on the near-Earth environment.
• Describes limitations and future possibilities of better use of GNSS in Earth and Space observation and monitoring.
• Highlights an integrated and interdisciplinary approach valuable to a wide range of readers studying Earth and Space interactions.

This book is a valuable resource for professionals, researchers, academics, and students in Remote Sensing and GIS, Earth Science, Physics and Electronics, Climate Studies, Disaster Management, Geophysics, and Space Science.

Dr. Dileep Kumar Gupta is a Post Doctoral Fellow at the Department of Physics, Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. He received his PhD in Physics in 2017 from IIT BHU, Varanasi. Dr. Gupta has published more than 60 research articles in reputable journals, conference proceedings, and book chapters. He serves as a Guest Editor for the journal MPDI Sensors, overseeing the special issue Spaceborne Radar Remote Sensing of Agricultural Canopies and Soil Moisture. Dr. Gupta is an active member of several scientific societies, including the Indian Society of Remote Sensing, the Indian Society of Geomatics, the Association of Agrometeorologists, and the Indian Association of Physics Teachers.

Prof. Abhay Kumar Singh has made outstanding contributions to teaching and research in space weather studies, particularly the upper atmosphere over low latitudes and characteristics of aerosols over IGB. His work is widely cited in books, reviews, and papers. Prof. Singh established the Atmospheric Research Lab, recognized by ISRO, and has published more than 200 research papers. Prof. Singh has visited and lectured in The Netherlands, Busan South Korea, ICTP Italy, Sopron Hungry, New Orleans, Pasadena, and Boston, USA. He is also an esteemed and actively involved member of several world-renowned scientific societies, which include the Indian Physics Association, Indian Meteorological Society, Indian Aerosol Science and Technology Association (IASTA), and Plasma Science Society of India.