REMOTE SENSING OF A BARRIER ISLAND

THERMAL-INFRARED IMAGERY AND COLOR-INFRARED AND CONVENTIONAL COLOR PHOTOGRAPHS WERE GENERATED OVER PADRE ISLAND, TEXAS, A BARRIER ISLAND OFF THE SOUTH GULF COAST OF TEXAS. THIS IMAGERY WAS USED TO EXAMINE THE ISLAND'S PHYSICAL AND CULTURAL FEATURES. A MAJOR GOAL OF THIS STUDY WAS ESTABLISHING THE POTENTIAL OF EACH SENSOR IN ACQUIRING DATA BY THE FORMATION OF OBJECT SIGNATURES ON THE IMAGERY. DETAILED CHARACTERISTICS AND BASIC TRENDS OF THE ISLAND'S PHYSIOGRAPHY WERE ESTABLISHED FROM THE IMAGERY. THE DISTRIBUTION OF THE VEGETATION COVER, DEVELOPMENT OF VEGETATED AND BARE SAND DUNES, DETECTION OF WATER BODIES, AND THE CHARACTERISTICS OF WIND TIDAL FLATS AND HURRICANE WASHOVER CHANNELS WERE EXAMINED. THE EFFECTIVENESS OF THE SENSORS IN PRESENTING INFORMATION CONCERNING THE ENVIRONMENT IS EVALUATED AND COMPARED. /AUTHOR/

• Authors:
  • Tuyahov, A J
  • Holz, R K
• Publication Date: 1973-2

Media Info

• Features: Figures; References;
• Pagination: p. 177-88
• Serial:
  • Photogrammetric Engineering
  • Volume: 39
  • Issue Number: 2

Subject/Index Terms

• TRT Terms: Aerial photography; Color photography; Environment; General surface features of the earth; Remote sensing; Thermal imagery; Vegetation
• Uncontrolled Terms: Physiography
• Old TRIS Terms: Thermal infrared imagery
• Subject Areas: Design; Highways;

Filing Info

• Accession Number: 00203007
• Record Type: Publication
• Files: TRIS
• Created Date: Jun 12 1973 12:00AM