In recent years, space-borne observations of atmospheric carbon dioxide (CO2) have been increasingly used in global carbon-cycle studies. In order to obtain added value from space-borne measurements, they have to suffice stringent accuracy and precision requirements, with the latter being less crucial as it can be reduced by just enhanced sample size. Validation of CO2 column-averaged dry air m...

In this paper, utilization of clustering algorithms for data fusion in decision level is proposed. The results of automatic isolated word recognition, which are derived from speech spectrograph and Linear Predictive Coding (LPC) analysis, are combined with each other by using fuzzy clustering algorithms, especially fuzzy k-means and fuzzy vector quantization. Experimental results show that the ...

[1] Monitoring of atmospheric methane (CH4) concentrations from space‐based instruments such as the Scanning Imaging Absorption Spectrometer for Atmospheric Chartography (SCIAMACHY) and the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) relies on observations of sunlight backscattered to space by the Earth’s surface and atmosphere. Retrieval biases occur due to unaccounted scattering effects by a...

The Amazon region comprises the largest tropical forest on planet and is responsible for absorbing huge amounts of CO2 from atmosphere. However, changes in land use cover have contributed to an increase greenhouse gas emissions, especially CO2, endangered indigenous lands protected areas region. objective this study was detect emissions removals associated with Brazilian Legal (BLA) through ana...

MODIS LAI product has been increasingly important for analyzing the process and productivity of terrestrial ecosystems at global scale. This study was aimed to assess the quality of global MODIS LAI product for applications in regional and even in local scales. To examine the quality of MODIS LAI data, we produced a reference LAI map that was derived by relating the ground-measured LAI to Lands...

The thermal And near infrared sensor for carbon observations Fourier transform spectrometer (TANSOFTS) on board the Greenhouse Gases Observing Satellite (GOSAT) applies the normal nadir mode above the land (“land data”) and sun glint mode over the ocean (“ocean data”) to provide global distributions of columnaveraged dry-air mole fractions of CO2 and CH4, or XCO2 and XCH4. Several algorithms ha...

The aim of this study is to evaluate the Greenhouse gases Observation SATellite (GOSAT) column-averaged CH4 dry air mole fraction (XCH4) data by using geostatistical analysis and conducting comparisons with model simulations and surface emissions. Firstly, we propose the use of a data-driven mapping approach based on spatio-temporal geostatistics to generate a regular and gridded mapping datase...

Three strains of facultatively anaerobic thermotolerant and moderately halophilic bacteria were isolated from two Jordanian hot spring locations. The novel Bacillus strains were short rods, Gram-positive, motile and spore formers. The strains were capable of anaerobic (but not aerobic) growth at 63C, moderately halophilic, able to grow at NaCl concentration range of 12 15 % and at temperatures ...

This study investigated the performances of the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS) and GEOLAND2 Version 1 (GEOV1) Leaf Area Index (LAI) products using ground measurements and LAI reference maps over four sites in North China for 2011-2013. The Terra + Aqua MODIS and Terra MODIS LAI retrieved by the main algorithm and GEOV1 LAI within the valid range were evaluated and interco...