Famine Early Warning Systems and Remote Sensing Data - Brown, Molly E.; SpringerLink (Online service) (Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg : Imprint: Springer, 2008)
Background -- Conceptual Frameworks -- FEWS NET's Structure and Remote Sensing -- Remote Sensing for Early Warning -- Rainfall Estimates -- Derived Agricultural and Climate Monitoring Products -- Vegetation Index Measurements -- Climate Forecasts -- Food Security Analysis -- FEWS NET's Integrated Analytical Areas -- Dynamic Communication and Decision Support -- Use of Remote Sensing in FEWS NET Country and Regional Offices -- Population Datasets -- Food Markets and Prices -- Scenario Development and Contingency Planning -- Case Studies -- Case Study: Ethiopia and the 2002-2003 Food Security Crisis -- Remote Sensing Data in the Mesoamerican Food Security Early Warning System (MFEWS) -- Zimbabwe's Crisis of 2006-2007 -- Analysis and the Future -- Power, Politics and Remote Sensing -- The Future of FEWS NET.
Keywords: Environmental management; Remote sensing; Climate change; Physical geography; Human geography; Environmental Management; Remote Sensing/Photogrammetry.; Climate Change/Climate Change Impacts; Climate Change; Physical Geography; Human Geography