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Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Changes in Egypt

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Environmental Remote Sensing in Egypt

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Abstract

Profound impacts of climate change occur at regional levels, affecting, among others, ecosystems, agriculture, hydrology, and carbon cycle at global levels. These changes will have signficant impacts on all aspects of human societies, including food, water, energy, and, not least, the economy itself. In particular, major uncertainties exist for natural and managed ecosystems. We will start by demonstrating the physical fundamentals of the global phenomenon of climate change, its origin and greenhouse gasses emissions, lifetimes, its global impact on critical sectors and resources of sustainable development. Then, we emphasize the vulnerability of Egypt to climate changes and the need for large-scale, global systems for monitoring, modeling, assessment, and follow-up of mitigation and adaptation measures. An outline of the capabilities of remote sensing and GIS techniques for monitoring, mitigating, assessing vulnerabilities to impacts, success stories, modeling, and early warning of extreme events in Egypt, is presented. We end up with an assessment of the needs of Egypt to fulfill its strategic development goals (SDGs) in harmony with reducing the risk of climate change.

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Abbreviations

AATSR:

Advanced Along Track Scanning Radiometer

AMSRE:

Advanced Microwave Scanning Radiometer-EOS

AVHRR:

Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer

CDM:

Cleaner Development Mechanism

COP:

Conference of Parties

EEAA:

Egyptian Environmental Affairs Agency

ESA:

European Space Agency

GHRSST:

Group for High Resolution Sea Surface Temperature

GMES:

Global Monitoring for Environment and Sustainability

GOES:

Geostationary Operational Environmental Satellite Imager

GOSAT:

Greenhouse Gas Satellite

ICZM:

Integrated Coastal Zone Management Plan

IPCC:

Intergovernmental Panel of Climatic Changes

JAXA:

Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency

LST:

Land Surface Temperature

MODIS:

Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer

MOEJ:

The Ministry of the Environment, Japan

MTSAT-1R:

Multi-functional Transport Satellite 1R

NASA:

National Aeronautics and Space Administration

NIES:

National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan

NOAA:

National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration

SDG:

Sustainable (Strategic) Development Goals

SEVIRI:

Spinning Enhanced Visible and Infrared Imager

SLR:

Sea Level Rise

SRTM:

Shuttle Radar Topography Mission

SST:

Sea Surface Temperature

TMI:

Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission Microwave Imager

TNC:

Third National Communication

TRMM:

Tropical Rainfall Monitoring Mission

TSP:

Total Suspended Particulates

UNFCCC:

UN Framework Convention on Climate Changes

WMO:

World Meteorological Organization

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  1. Institute of Graduate Studies and Research, Alexandria University, Alexandria, Egypt

    Mohamed El Raey

  2. Center of Excellence in Earth Systems Modeling & Observations, Chapman University, Orange, CA, 92866, USA

    Hesham El Askary

  3. Schmid College of Science and Technology, Chapman University, Orange, CA, 92866, USA

    Hesham El Askary

  4. Department of Environmental Sciences, Faculty of Science, Alexandria University, Alexandria, 21522, Egypt

    Hesham El Askary

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    Abdelazim M. Negm

  3. P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow, Russia

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Raey, M.E., Askary, H.E. (2020). Remote Sensing and Modeling of Climate Changes in Egypt. In: Elbeih, S., Negm, A., Kostianoy, A. (eds) Environmental Remote Sensing in Egypt. Springer Geophysics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-39593-3_14

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