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Contribution of Satellite Observations to Climate Science

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This chapter presents how satellite observations are used to detect and to explain the changes. After a brief introduction into possibilities and limitations of satellite remote sensing, the three ways of using them in climate science are listed. They are (i) observation of climate forcing factors, (ii) observation of the changes, and (iii) validation of climate models by testing their past and future simulations. These possibilities are illustrated by key figures of IPCC AR5 [2].

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  1. Eszterházy Károly University, Eger, Hungary

    János Mika

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  1. Institute of Sustainable and Environmental Chemistry, Leuphana University of Lüneburg, Lüneburg, Germany

    Michael Palocz-Andresen

  2. Institute of Forest- and Environmental Techniques, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

    Dóra Szalay

  3. Institute of Applied Arts, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

    András Gosztom

  4. István Széchenyi Management and Organisation Doctoral School, University of Sopron, Sopron, Hungary

    László Sípos

  5. Plant Protection Institute, Centre for Agricultural Researches, Hungarian Academy of Sciences, Martonvásár, Hungary

    Tímea Taligás

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Mika, J. (2019). Contribution of Satellite Observations to Climate Science. In: Palocz-Andresen, M., Szalay, D., Gosztom, A., Sípos, L., Taligás, T. (eds) International Climate Protection. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-03816-8_7

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