Covers recent advances in remote sensing technology as applied to the so-called Three Poles the Arctic, Antarctica, and the Himalayas

Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles explores the developments in satellite remote sensing, geoinformatics, and landscape evolution modeling techniques that have made it possible to trace the harsh effects of climate change on the three poles and attempts to understand the subtle link between climate change and its effects on cryospheric and related processes. The work also addresses the increased resolution of the satellite data that has aided in the quantification of ever-changing landforms and surface processes.

Sample topics covered in the work include:

• Terrestrial net primary production of the Arctic and modeling of Arctic landform evolution
• Glaciers and glacial environments, including a geological, geophysical, and geospatial survey of Himalayan glaciers
• Sea ice dynamics in the Antarctic region under a changing climate, plus the quaternary geology and geomorphology of Antarctica
• Continuous satellite missions, data availability, and the nature of future satellite missions, including scientific data sharing policies in different countries

For postgraduates and researchers working in remote sensing, photogrammetry, and landscape evolution modeling, Advances in Remote Sensing Technology and the Three Poles is a key resource for understanding current technological capabilities in the field along with the latest scientific research that has been conducted in polar areas.

Manish Pandey currently works at the University Center for Research & Development (UCRD), Chandigarh University located in Mohali, Punjab, India.

Prem Chandra Pandey currently works as Assistant Professor in Center for Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Shiv Nadar University, UP India.

Shridhar Jawak is currently working as a Senior Adviser in Remote Sensing at the Svalbard Integrated Arctic Earth Observing System (SIOS), Longyearbyen, Norway.

Aman Arora has published many research papers in reputed international journals and presented his research findings at different national and international forums and seminars.

Yogesh Ray is currently working as Scientist D at the National Centre for Polar and Ocean Research (NCPOR), Ministry of Earth Sciences, (Govt. of India), Goa, India.

Uma Kant Shukla, an Alexander von Humboldt Fellow, is a sedimentologist with 30 years of doctoral and postdoctoral research experience.

Section-I: Earth Observation and Remote Sensing Applications in Polar Studies

1. The Three Poles: Advances in Remote Sensing vis-à-vis Spheres of the Planet Earth

2. Continuous Satellite Missions, Data Availability, and Nature of Future Satellite Missions with Implications to Polar Regions

3. Assessing the Accuracy of Digital Elevation Models for Darjeeling-Sikkim Himalayas

4. An Overview of Morphometry Software Packages, Tools, Add-ons

5. Landscape Modelling, Glacier & Ice Sheet Dynamics, and the Three Poles: A Review of Models, Softwares and Tools

6. Spectral Indices Across Remote Sensing Platforms and Sensors vis-à-vis the Three Poles: An Overview of Applications, Challenges, and Future Prospects

Section-II: Antarctica: Environment and Remote Sensing

7. Glacier Dynamics in East Antarctica: A Remote Sensing Perspective

8. Terrestrial Deglaciation Signatures in East Antarctica

9. Geospatial Tools for Monitoring Vertebrate Populations in Antarctica

10. Bryophytes of Larsemann Hills, East Antarctica and Future Prospects

11. Antarctic Sea ice Variability and Trends Over the Last Four Decades

Section-III: The Himalayas: Environment and Remote Sensing

12. Unresolved Problems in the Himalaya: a Synoptic View

13. Fluctuations of Kolahoi Glacier, Kashmir Valley, its Assessment with Tree-Rings of Pinus Wallichiana and Comparable Satellite Imageries and Field Survey Records

14. Applications of ICESat-2 Photon Data in the Third Pole Environment

15. Extreme Hydrological Event Induced Temporal Variation in Soil Erosion of the Assiganga River Basin, NW. Himalaya

16. Understanding the Present and Past Climate-Human-Vegetation Dynamics in the Indian Himalayas

17. Flash Flood Susceptibility Mapping of a Himalayan River Basin Using Multi-Criteria Decision-Analysis and GIS

18. The Role of Himalayan Frontal Thrust in the Uplift of Kimin Formation and the Migration of Sedimentary Basin in Arunachal Himalaya

19. Himalayan River Profile Sensitivity Assessment by Validating of DEMs and Comparison of Hydrological Tools

20. Glacier Ice Thickness Estimation in Indian Himalaya Using Geophysical Methods

21. Landscapes and Paleoclimate of the Ladakh Himalaya

22. Remote sensing and GIS-based Soil Loss Models with a Comparative Study from the Upper and Marginal Ganga River basin

23. Wetlands as Potential Zones to Understand Spatiotemporal Plant-Human-Climate Interaction: The Palynological Perspective from Western and Eastern Himalaya

24. Investigation of Land Use/Land Cover Changes in Alaknanda River Basin, Himalaya During 1976 ? 2020

Section-IV: The Arctic: Environment and Remote Sensing

25. Hydrological Changes in the Arctic, the Antarctic, and the Himalayas: A Synoptic View from the Cryosphere Change Perspective

26. High Resolution Remote Sensing for Mapping Glacier Facies in the Arctic

27. Modelling meltwater drainage on the South-west Greenland ice sheet

28. Arctic Sea-level Change in Remote Sensing and New Generation Climate Models

29. Spatio-temporal Variations of Aerosols Over the Polar Regions Based on Satellite Remote Sensing

Section-V: The Research Institutions on the Three Poles, Data Pools, Data Sharing Policies, Careers in Polar Science Research and Challenges

30. Multi-disciplinary Research in the Indian Antarctic Programme and its International Relevance

31. Indian and International Research Coordination in the Arctic