PROCEEDINGS OF THE INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON REMOTE SENSING OF ENVIRONMENT (9TH), HELD AT ANN ARBOR, MICHIGAN ON 15-19 APRIL, 1974. VOLUME I

A partial listing of topic areas includes: Some features of the urban environment of Tokyo by remote sensing; An examination of the extent of fire in the grassland and Savanna of Africa along the southern side of the Sahara; Environmental studies of Iceland with ERTS-1 imagery; A method of specifying remotely sensed units for soil sample points; Geologic interpretation of ERTS-1 satellite images for east Aswan area, Egypt; Geologic interpretation of ERTS-1 satellite images for west Aswan area, Egypt; Classification and mapping of coal refuse, vegetative cover types, and forest types by digital processing ERTS-1 data; A remote sensing study of Pacific Hurricane AVA; Extraction of urban land cover data from multiplexed synthetic aperture radar imagery; Land-use planning aided by computer cellular modelling/mapping system to combine remote sensing, natural resources, social and economic data; Investigation of radar discrimination of sea ice; Remote measurement of atmospheric temperatures by Raman lidar; Design concepts for land use and natural resource inventories and information systems; The use of remote sensing and natural indicators to delineate floodplains; Remote detection of soil surface moisture.

• Supplemental Notes:
  • See also Volume 2, AD-A008 468.
• Corporate Authors:

  Environmental Research Institute of Michigan

  3300 Plymouth Road
  Ann Arbor, MI  United States  48107

  Air Force Office of Scientific Research

  Bolling AFB
  Washington, DC  United States  20332
• Authors:
  • Cook, J J
• Publication Date: 1974-4-19

Media Info

• Pagination: 781 p.

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Artificial satellites; Atmosphere; Environment; Flood plains; Floods; Forests; Geological surveying; Hurricanes; Land use; Land use planning; Meetings; Monitoring; Planning; Population; Remote sensing; Sea ice; Soils; Transportation; Urban areas; Vegetation; Water resources
• Identifier Terms: Earth Resources Technology Satellite
• Geographic Terms: Africa; Egypt; Iceland; Japan; South Dakota; Thailand
• Old TRIS Terms: Geologic investigations; Urban atmospheres
• Subject Areas: Design; Geotechnology; Planning and Forecasting; Transportation (General);

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00090892
• Record Type: Publication
• Source Agency: National Technical Information Service
• Report/Paper Numbers: Final Rpt.
• Contract Numbers: AF-AFOSR-74-2722
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 26 1975 12:00AM