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The Earth’s geosphere—inclusive of land, oceans, atmosphere, and cryosphere—has evolved in a way that has made it hospitable for the present forms of life in the biosphere. The biosphere, in turn, plays a key role in the geosphere in terms of helping develop the composition of the atmosphere.
This chapter is based on the Satish Dhawan Lecture delivered by K. Kasturirangan under the auspices of the Indian Meteorological Society in Ahmadabad in 2002. Kasturirangan had the good fortune of working closely with Prof Dhawan, the unique visionary who set ISRO on the path of success. Prof Dhawan was a multifaceted personality and an outstanding scientist who gave concrete shape to the vision of building a self-reliant, application-oriented space programme that today touches all facets of India’s national development.
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The assistance received from Dr M.S. Narayanan, Visiting Professor, SRM University in the early stages of preparing this manuscript and subsequently from Dr J.V. Thomas of ISRO Headquarters on the recent advancements in weather and climate observations is gratefully acknowledged.
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Kasturirangan, K. (2021). Weather and Climate Perspectives from Space. In: Suresh, B.N. (eds) Space and Beyond. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-33-6510-0_11
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