Earth System Monitoring	4
	Contents	6
	Chapter1: Earth System Monitoring, Introduction	8
	Chapter2: Airborne and Space-borne Remote Sensing of Cryosphere	13
	Chapter3: Aircraft and Space Atmospheric Measurements Using Differential Absorption Lidar (DIAL)	41
	Chapter4: Contemporary Sea Level Variations, Observations and Causes	68
	Chapter5: Coral Reef Ecosystems	81
	Chapter6: Earth System Environmental Literacy	111
	Chapter7: Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment (GRACE): Detection of Ice Mass Loss, Terrestrial Mass Changes, and Ocean Mass Gains	126
	Chapter8: Heat Content and Temperature of the Ocean	156
	Chapter9: Hurricane and Monsoon Tracking with Driftsondes	184
	Chapter10: Large-Scale Ocean Circulation: Deep Circulation and Meridional Overturning	201
	Chapter11: Long-Term Ecological Research Network	235
	Chapter12: Ocean Acidification	271
	Chapter13: Ocean Evaporation and Precipitation	292
	Chapter14: Ocean Observatories and Information: Building a Global Ocean Observing Network	320
	Chapter15: Oil Spill Remote Sensing	338
	Chapter16: Remote Sensing Applications to Ocean and Human Health	390
	Chapter17: Remote Sensing of Natural Disasters	421
	Chapter18: Remote Sensing of Ocean Color	439
	Chapter19: Volcanoes, Observations and Impact	473
	Index	506