Big Data, Artificial Intelligence, and Data Analytics in Climate Change Research: For Sustainable Development Goals

本書探討了大數據、人工智慧（AI）和數據分析在應對氣候變遷及實現可持續發展目標（SDGs）方面的潛力。此外，本書涵蓋了廣泛的相關主題，包括氣候變遷數據來源、大數據分析技術、遙感技術、可再生能源、開放數據、公私合營夥伴關係、倫理和法律問題，以及成功應用的案例研究。本書還討論了這些技術所帶來的挑戰和機遇，並提供了未來研究方向的見解。

為了應對氣候變遷並實現可持續發展目標，理解氣候與環境因素之間的複雜相互作用至關重要。大數據、AI和數據分析的使用在這一努力中可以發揮重要作用，因為它們提供了收集、處理和分析大量環境數據的手段。本書是研究人員、政策制定者和實務工作者的重要資源，旨在利用這些技術來應對氣候變遷這一迫切挑戰並實現可持續發展目標。

Mr. Gaurav Tripathi is an assistant professor at the Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. His many research interests include atmospheric remote sensing, satellite remote sensing, satellite navigation, disaster management, synthetic aperture radar (SAR), InSAR, DInSAR, SAR polarimetry, interferometry, tomography, information theory, and retrieval modeling. He completed his post-graduate diploma in geo-information science and earth observation with specialization in geo-informatics from the International Institute for Geo-Information Science and Earth Observation (ITC) Netherlands and the Indian Institute of Remote Sensing, Indian Space Research Organization (ISRO), Dehradun. He has published 10 journal articles and 6 book chapters.

Dr. Achala Shakya is an assistant professor at the School of Computer Sciences, UPES, Dehradun, Uttarakhand, India. Previously, she was associated with the Department of Computer Science and Engineering at Sharda University, Greater Noida, India. She was awarded her Ph.D. from the Department of Computer Engineering at the National Institute of Technology Kurukshetra and was also involved in the NASA-ISRO Synthetic Aperture Radar Mission (NISAR) project. She has more than 4 years of research and 1 year of teaching experience, having published some 10 research articles, 5 book chapters, and 2 international conference papers. She works in the fields of image fusion and segmentation, optical radar, hyperspectral remote sensing, deep learning, machine learning, natural language processing, information retrieval, and web development.

Dr. Shruti Kanga is an associate professor and the head of the Department of Geography at the Central University of Punjab, Bathinda, India. Previously, she worked as an associate professor and a coordinator at the Centre for Climate Change and Water Research, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, and as an assistant professor at the Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi. She earned her Ph.D. in technology (geo-informatics) from the Department of Remote Sensing at the Birla Institute of Technology in Ranchi. She has published 108 journal articles, 12 edited and authored books, and 30 book chapters. Her numerous research interests include geographic information science in forest fire modeling, natural hazards, natural resource management, geographic information systems, land use management, risk assessment, fire ecology, satellite image analysis, satellite image processing, land use modeling, land degradation, and desertification.

Dr. Suraj Kumar Singh is currently an associate professor and coordinator at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Suresh Gyan Vihar University, Jaipur, India. Previously, he worked as an assistant professor at the Central University of Jharkhand, Brambe, Ranchi. Prior to that, he also served as a research associate at the National Remote Sensing Centre, Indian Space Research Organization. He earned his Ph.D. degree in 2012 from the Department of Remote Sensing, the Birla Institute of Technology, Ranchi. His research interests include waterlogging and flood hazards, geospatial applications in water resources, disaster management, hydro-geomorphology, urban planning, and wasteland mapping. He has published nearly 125 articles in peer-reviewed journals, 16 books, and 30 book chapters. He has also organized and attended various workshops, seminars, and international conferences.

Dr. Praveen Kumar Rai is an associate professor in the Department of Geography, Khwaja Moinuddin Chishti Language University, Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh, India. He has more than 13 years of teaching and research experience in the field of remote sensing and geographic information systems. He completed his M.Sc. in geography, specializing in remote sensing, in Banaras Hindu University, India, in 2006 and an M.Tech. and Ph.D. in remote sensing in theBirla Institute of Technology, Mesra, India, in 2008 and 2013, respectively. His research interests include remote sensing and GIS, glaciology, health and disease modelling, disaster management, and water resource management, among other areas. He has published more than 65 research papers in international and national journals of repute and also has published 4 books in various applications of remote sensing and GIS. He has visited many countries to present invited lectures as keynote speaker. He has also served as an editorial board member and as a reviewer for many international journals.

高拉夫·特里帕提（Gaurav Tripathi）先生是印度斋浦爾蘇雷什·吉安·維哈大學氣候變遷與水資源研究中心的助理教授。他的研究興趣包括大氣遙感、衛星遙感、衛星導航、災害管理、合成孔徑雷達（SAR）、干涉合成孔徑雷達（InSAR）、差分干涉合成孔徑雷達（DInSAR）、SAR極化、干涉測量、斷層成像、信息理論和檢索建模。他在荷蘭國際地理信息科學與地球觀測研究所（ITC）和印度空間研究組織（ISRO）德拉敦的印度遙感研究所完成了地理信息科學與地球觀測的研究生文憑，專攻地理信息學。他已發表10篇期刊文章和6章書籍章節。

阿查拉·沙基亞（Achala Shakya）博士是印度烏塔拉坎德德拉敦UPES計算機科學學院的助理教授。她曾在印度大諾伊達的沙爾達大學計算機科學與工程系任職。她在庫魯克舍特拉國立技術學院的計算機工程系獲得博士學位，並參與了NASA-ISRO合成孔徑雷達任務（NISAR）項目。她擁有超過4年的研究經驗和1年的教學經驗，已發表約10篇研究文章、5章書籍章節和2篇國際會議論文。她的研究領域包括影像融合與分割、光學雷達、高光譜遙感、深度學習、機器學習、自然語言處理、信息檢索和網頁開發。

施魯提·康加（Shruti Kanga）博士是印度旁遮普中央大學地理系的副教授及系主任。她曾在印度斋浦爾的蘇雷什·吉安·維哈大學氣候變遷與水資源研究中心擔任副教授及協調員，並在印度賈坎德中央大學擔任助理教授。她在倫契的比爾拉技術學院的遙感系獲得技術（地理信息學）博士學位。她已發表108篇期刊文章、12本編輯及撰寫的書籍和30章書籍章節。她的研究興趣包括森林火災建模中的地理信息科學、自然災害、自然資源管理、地理信息系統、土地利用管理、風險評估、火災生態學、衛星影像分析、衛星影像處理、土地利用建模、土地退化和沙漠化。

蘇拉吉·庫馬爾·辛格（Suraj Kumar Singh）博士目前是印度斋浦爾蘇雷什·吉安·維哈大學可持續發展中心的副教授及協調員。他曾在印度賈坎德中央大學擔任助理教授。在此之前，他還曾在印度空間研究組織的國家遙感中心擔任研究助理。他於2012年在倫契的比爾拉技術學院的遙感系獲得博士學位。他的研究興趣包括水淹和洪水災害、水資源的地理空間應用、災害管理、水文地貌學、城市規劃和荒地映射。他已在同行評審的期刊上發表近125篇文章、16本書籍和30章書籍章節。他還組織和參加了各種研討會、研討會和國際會議。

普拉維恩·庫馬爾·賴（Praveen Kumar Rai）博士是印度烏塔爾·普拉德什盧克諾的克瓦賈·莫伊努丁·奇斯提語言大學地理系的副教授。他在遙感和地理信息系統領域擁有超過13年的教學和研究經驗。他於2006年在印度瓦拉納西印度教大學完成地理學碩士學位，專攻遙感，並獲得遙感的碩士技術學位和博士學位。