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Dr. Hammond is a Senior Lecturer in Geoscience within the School of Engineering & Technology at Central Queensland University's Rockhampton Campus, Central Queensland, Australia. He holds undergraduate degrees in Geology and Geography from the University of Tasmania and postgraduate degrees, Master of Applied Science in Pedology from the University of Canterbury, and Ph.D. in Earth Science from Massey University,

both in New Zealand. His research interests are basin tectonics and stratigraphy, sedimentology, soil/regolith geology, hydrogeology, geohazards, mining education, and the use and interpretation of geospatial imagery for environmental assessment and land resource management. He has over 30 years' geoscience consultancy, research, and teaching experience having worked in a range of geological landscapes within Australia and New Zealand. He held senior research scientist positions in State (Tasmania) and Australian Government agencies and as a researcher in Queensland university research centers.

Dr. Patrick Keleher has qualifications in physics, mathematics, education, robotics and management psychology. His career has focused on developing and delivering innovative curriculum in the areas of physics, mathematics, maintenance engineering, chemistry, Futures Studies, control systems and environmental science. Dr. Keleher has conducted research, including the supervision of undergraduate and postgraduate candidates, into

the areas of maintenance engineering, environmental monitoring, management practices and work-integrated learning. He has served as a visiting professor and/ or a keynote speaker at the Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom, the Duale Hochschule Baden-Württemberg Co-operative University (DHBW), Ravensburg, Germany and at Beijing University of Technology, Beijing, China. Delivering workshops and keynotes on such diverse topics as Work Integrated Learning, Futures Studies, Corporate Governance, Intercultural Management and Engineering Professional Standards. Dr. Keleher has been the recipient of a CQUniversity Vice Chancellor's Awards for Outstanding Contributions to Learning and Teaching for the design and delivery of two undergraduate first-year physics units. He has been acknowledged as a distinguished scholar, as a Fellow of the Practice-Based Professional Learning Centre for Excellence in Teaching and Learning (CETL), at The Open University, Milton Keynes, United Kingdom.

Contents

and Stratosphere

**Preface XI**

**Chapter 1 1**

*Antonio Arleques Gomes, Fábio Juliano da Silva Lopes, Gregori de Arruda Moreira, Jonatan João da Silva, Vania Andrioli, Alexandre Pimenta, Chi Wang, Jiyao Xu, Maria Paulete Pereira Martins, Paulo Batista, Henrique de Melo Jorge Barbosa, Diego Alves Gouveia, Boris Barja González, Felix Zamorano, Eduardo Quel, Clodomyra Pereira, Elian Wolfram, Facundo Ismael Casasola, Facundo Orte, Jacobo Omar Salvador, Juan Vicente Pallotta, Lidia Ana Otero, Maria Prieto,* 

**Chapter 2 25**

**Chapter 3 61**

*Antonio Arleques Gomes, Fábio Juliano da Silva Lopes, Gregori de Arruda Moreira, Jonatan João da Silva, Vania Andrioli, Alexandre Pimenta, Chi Wang, Jiyao Xu, Maria Paulete Pereira Martins, Paulo Batista, Henrique de Melo Jorge Barbosa, Diego Alves Gouveia, Boris Barja González, Felix Zamorano, Eduardo Quel, Clodomyra Pereira, Elian Wolfram, Facundo Ismael Casasola, Facundo Orte, Jacobo Omar Salvador, Juan Vicente Pallotta, Lidia Ana Otero, Maria Prieto,* 

Lidar Observations in South America. Part I - Mesosphere

*by Eduardo Landulfo, Alexandre Cacheffo, Alexandre Calzavara Yoshida,* 

*Pablo Roberto Ristori, Silvina Brusca, John Henry Reina Estupiñan, Estiven Sanchez Barrera, Juan Carlos Antuña-Marrero, Ricardo Forno, Marcos Andrade, Judith Johanna Hoelzemann, Anderson Guimarães Guedes,* 

*Cristina Tobler Sousa, Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos Oliveira, Ediclê de Souza Fernandes Duarte, Marcos Paulo Araújo da Silva* 

*by Eduardo Landulfo, Alexandre Cacheffo, Alexandre Calzavara Yoshida,* 

*Pablo Roberto Ristori, Silvina Brusca, John Henry Reina Estupiñan, Estiven Sanchez Barrera, Juan Carlos Antuña-Marrero, Ricardo Forno, Marcos Andrade, Judith Johanna Hoelzemann, Anderson Guimarães Guedes,* 

*Cristina Tobler Sousa, Daniel Camilo Fortunato dos Santos Oliveira, Ediclê de Souza Fernandes Duarte, Marcos Paulo Araújo da Silva* 

Lidar Observations in South America. Part II - Troposphere

*and Renata Sammara da Silva Santos*

*and Renata Sammara da Silva Santos*

Application of Remote Sensing in Natural Sciences *by Ehsan Atazadeh and Mostafa Mahdavifard*
