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Environmental monitoring has been defined as the observation and study of the environment. This entails objective observations that produce sound data, which in turn produce valuable information that is useful, e.g., in the protection of public water supplies, hazardous, non-hazardous and radioactive waste management, natural resource protection and management, weather forecasting, and global climate change studies.

“If environmental monitoring is not carried out in a deep and exacting scientific manner, then it is likely that no action will be taken when needed for lack of firm evidence.” Frank Burden.

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  1. Maseno University, Maseno, Kenya

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

  2. Curtin University, Perth, Australia

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

  3. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, Karlsruhe, Germany

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

  4. Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan

    Prof. Dr.-Ing. Joseph L. Awange (Professor of Environment and Earth Sciences)

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Awange, J.L. (2012). Environmental Monitoring. In: Environmental Monitoring using GNSS. Environmental Science and Engineering(). Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-540-88256-5_1

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