* Gives thorough consideration of the needs for environmental research in both spatial and temporal domains.
* Features examples of applications involving field-collected data ranging from individual observations to data logging.
* Includes examples also of applications involving government and NGO sources, ranging from satellite imagery to environmental data collected by regulators such as EPA.
* Contains class-tested exercises in all chapters other than case studies. Solutions manual available for instructors.
* All examples and exercises make use of a GitHub package for functions and especially data.
