Use of satellite images to monitor climate change and manage consequences

Abstract

Human civilization lives in a time of evident climate changes. The intensity of changes is becoming more and more pronounced, which is noticeable through the appearance of increasingly pronounced precipitation and temperature extremes, floods, droughts, fires, degradation of forest areas, agricultural land, etc. In the scientific community, great efforts are being made to identify climate change in terms of parameterization and modeling, with the aim of monitoring and prediction. In addition, significant efforts are being made to develop models and systems for managing the consequences of climate change. Modern approaches for monitoring and managing the consequences of climate change are unthinkable without the use ofremote sensing andsatellite imagery.Withthehelpofsatellite images, inrealtime, a significant volume of parameters is collected, with the processing and analysis of which it is possible to effectively monitor climate changes, as well as manage their consequences. This paper provides an overview of modern achievements in the field of remote sensing and satellite technologies in the domain of their application for monitoring climate change and managing its consequences.