Status of Satellite Remote Sensing efforts

Summary:

- Still mostly speculative work
- Strong level of interest
- Demanding on time - to go from here requires dedicated post
- Have a strong proposal in to ESA for high res. NRT MERRIS
- MI influencing future mission design via Marine Board

Author Index for Remote Sensing

USE OF REMOTE SENSING DATA AND GIS TECHNOLOGY
ABSTRACT
The aim of the research was to monitor and assess landslide hazards by remote sensing data processing and GIS spatial analysis. The automatic classification of remote sensing images pro-vides many useful land use information to combine in a GIS environment with other spatial factors influencing the occurrence of landslide.

Remote sensing applications
Remote Sensing (RS) refers to the science of identification of earth surface features and estimation of their geo-biophysical properties using electromagnetic radiation as a medium of interaction. Spectral, spatial, temporal and polarization signatures are major characteristics of the sensor/target, which facilitate targe discrimination. Earth surface data as seen by the sensors in different wavelengths (reflected, scattered and/or emitted) is radiometrically and geometrically corrected before extraction of spectral information. RS data, with its ability for a synoptic view, repetitive coverage with calibrated sensors to detect changes, observations at different resolutions, provides a better alternative for natural resources management as compared to traditional methods. Indian Earth Observation (EO) programme has been applications-driven and national development has been its prime motivation.

Produced by: the U.S. Army Environmental Center (USAEC) and the Topographic Engineering Center (TEC)

1. Objective
This guide provides an organized tool to help land managers take advantage of existing remote sensing technology.
2. Included in this guide
· what remote sensing can do
· keys to help users select appropriate imagery
· Sensor Fact Sheets - details on sensors and samples of imagery
· Statements of Work (SOW) samples & procurement assistance information

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Civilian Satellite Remote Sensing

0ver the next two decades, Earth observations from space promise to become increasingly important for predicting the weather, studying global change, and managing global resources. How the U.S. government responds to the political, economic, and technical challenges posed by the growing interest in satellite remote sensing could have a major impact on the use and management of global resources.

Standards Working Group Federal Geographic Data Committee (FGDC)

The FGDC is composed of representatives from the Departments of Agriculture, Commerce, Defense, Energy, Housing and Urban Development, the Interior, State, and Transportation; the Environmental Protection Agency; the Federal Emergency Management Agency; the Library of Congress; the National Aeronautics and Space Administration; the National Archives and Records Administration; and the Tennessee Valley Authority. Additional Federal agencies participate on FGDC subcommittees and working groups. The Department of the Interior chairs the committee.

Application of Remote Sensing and GIS
Prof. S. Ramachandran, Vice‐Chancellor, Madras University
Coastal areas, the place where the waters of the seas meet the land are indeed unique places in our global geography.