REFERENCES

Asrar, G. and R. Greenstone, Editors (1995). MTPE EOS Reference Handbook, EOS Project Science Office, NASA/GSFC, 277 pp.

Gurney, R. J., J. L. Foster, and C. L. Parkinson (1993), Atlas of Satellite Observations Related to Global Change, Cambridge University Press, 470 pp.

Lillesand, T. M. and R. W. Kiefer (1994), Remote Sensing and Image Interpretation, Third Edition, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 750 pp.

Source Material for Figures and Tables

Figure 5.01a: Components of multispectral imagery (MSS).

Provided and designed by Thomas C. Hart.

Figure 5.01b: Components of multispectral imagery (TM).

Provided and designed by Thomas C. Hart.

Figure 5.02: Pixel referencing and brightness.

Redrawn from Jensen, J.R. Digital Image Processing, A Remote Sensing Perspective. 2nd ed. Prentice Hall Series in Geographic Information Science, p. 18, Figure 2-1. 1996. Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Figure 5.03: Image enhancement using a multiresolution merge.

Provided by Jim Irons, Code 923, NASA/GSFC.

Figure 5.04: Examples of remote sensing field instruments.

Provided by Ned Horning and David Landis, Code 923, NASA/GSFC.

Figure 5.05: Examples of BOREAS ground platforms.

Provided by David Landis, Code 923, NASA/GSFC.

Figure 5.06: Door mounting for vertical 35mm photography from light aircraft.

Provided by Marvin Bauer, University of Minnesota.

Figure 5.07: NASA C-130 reconnaissance aircraft.

Provided by David Landis, Code 923, NASA/GSFC.

Figure 5.08: Exposure using two different film types.

Provided by Ross Nelson, Code 923, NASA/GSFC.

Figure 5.09: Three types of orbital imaging instruments.

Designed and drawn by Thomas C. Hart.

Table 1: Landsat TM channels and related applications.

Adapted from Colwell, R.N., D.S. Simonett, F.T. Ulaby (eds) Manual of Remote Sensing Second Edition Volume I - Theory, Instruments and Techniques, p. 548, Figure 12-11. 1977. American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Table 2: Landsat 1-7 summary.

Adapted from Ryerson, R. A., S.A. Morain and A.M. Budge. Manual of Remote Sensing -- Earth Observing Platforms and Sensors. 1996. Compact disk, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Table 3: SPOT HRV (called HRVIR on SPOT-4) mode information.

Adapted from Ryerson, R. A., S.A. Morain and A.M. Budge. Manual of Remote Sensing -- Earth Observing Platforms and Sensors. 1996. Compact disk, American Society for Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing.

Table 4: EOS Satellites, sensors, and some mission objectives.

Adapted from Asrar, G. and R. Greenstone. MTPE EOS Reference Handbook. 1995. EOS Project Science Office, NASA/GSFC.

Suggested Reading

Asrar, G. and J. Dozier (1994), EOS Science Strategy for the Earth Observing System, AIP Press, NY, 119 pp.

Avery, T. E., and G. L. Berlin (1992), Fundamentals of Remote Sensing and Airphoto Interpretation, 5th Edition, MacMillan Publishing Company.

Campbell, J. B. (1996), Introduction to Remote Sensing, 2nd Edition, Guildford Press, NY.

Elachi, C. (1987) Introduction to the Physics and Techniques of Remote Sensing, John Wiley and Sons, NY, 413pp.

Jensen, J.R., 1996. Introductory Digital Image Processing, Prentice Hall, New Jersey.

Logicon Geodynamics, Inc. (1997), Multispectral Imagery Reference Guide, Spectral Imagery Training Center, Fairfax, VA.

Mack, Pamela E. (1990), Viewing the Earth, the Social Construction of the Landsat Satellite System, MIT Press, 270 pp.

Moik, J. G. (1980), Digital Processing of Remotely Sensed Images, Washington DC, NASA Scientific and Technical Information Services.

Privette, J. L., D. Deering, and D. Wickland (1997), Report on the workshop on multiangular remote sensing for environmental applications, NASA Technical Memorandum 113202, 54 pp.

Richards, J. A. (1993), Remote Sensing Digital Image Analysis: An Introduction, Springer-Verlag, NY.

Sabins, F. F., Jr. (1997) Remote Sensing: Principles and Interpretation, Third Edition, W. H. Freeman and Company.

Sellers, P. J. and D. Schimel (1993), Remote sensing of the land biosphere and biogeochemistry in the EOS era: science priorities, methods and implementation, Global and Planetary Change 7(4):279-297.

Swain, P. H. and S. M. Davis (1978), Remote Sensing: the Quantitative Approach, McGraw-Hill, NY.

URLs

AirMISR:

http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/armain.html

 

Alaska SAR (Synthetic Aperture Radar) Facility:

http://www.asf.alaska.edu/

 

American Society of Photogrammetry and Remote Sensing (ASPRS):

http://www.asprs.org/asprs/index2.html

 

ASAS (Advanced Solid-state Array Spectroradiometer):

http://asas.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

ASTER (Advanced Spaceborne Thermal Emission Reflectance Radiometer):

http://asterweb.jpl.nasa.gov/

 

AVHRR Data Archive:

http://sit.saa.noaa.gov/DIF/avhrr1b-dif.html

 

AVHRR Global 8km product (Pathfinder):

http://daac.gsfc.nasa.gov/CAMPAIGN_DOCS/LAND_BIO/GLBDST_main.html

 

AVHRR LAC 1km Global Data product:

http://edcwww.cr.usgs.gov/landdaac/1KM/1kmhomepage.html

 

AVHRR Specifications:

http://140.90.207.25:8080/EBB/ml/pavhrr.html

AVIRIS (Airborne Visible-InfraRed Imaging Spectrometer):

http://makalu.jpl.nasa.gov/aviris.html

Boston University Center for Remote Sensing:

http://crs-www.bu.edu/

 

Canada Centre for Remote Sensing (CCRS)

http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/

CCRS Vegetation Products:

http://www.ccrs.nrcan.gc.ca/ccrs/tekrd/rd/apps/em/veg/emvege.html

Canadian Space Agency:

http://www.space.gc.ca/

 

CNES (Centre National d'Etudes Spatiale) projects:

http://sads.cnes.fr/

 

Comprehensive listing of remote sensing organizations (academic, commercial, and governmental):

http://www.vtt.fi/aut/ava/rs/virtual/organizations.html

 

Earth Observing System (EOS):

http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

EOS education:

http://eospso.gsfc.nasa.gov/eos_homepage/education.html

 

EOSAT Corporation/Spaceimage:

http://www.spaceimage.com/

 

ESA (European Space Agency):

http://www.esa.int/

 

GIMMS (Global Inventory, Mapping and Monitoring System):

http://pratmos.gsfc.nasa.gov/~nazmi/GIMMS/GIMMS.html

 

GSFC DAAC (Distributed Active Archive Center):

http://xtreme.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

International Space Station:

http://station.nasa.gov

 

Japanese satellites:

http://yyy.tksc.nasda.go.jp/Home/This/This-e/kansokuindex_e.html

 

JPL (Jet Propulsion Laboratory):

http://www.jpl.nasa.gov/

 

JPL AirSAR:

http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/html/projects/airsar.html

 

JPL radar missions:

http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov/html/projects/proj.html

 

Landsat program:

http://geo.arc.nasa.gov/sge/landsat/landsat.html

 

Laser altimeter processing facility at Goddard Space Flight Center:

http://denali.gsfc.nasa.gov/lapf/

 

LBA (Large-scale Biosphere-Atmosphere Experiment in Amazonia):

http://lba-ecology.gsfc.nasa.gov/lbaeco/

 

MISR (Multi-angle Imaging SpectroRadiometer):

http://www-misr.jpl.nasa.gov/

 

MODIS (Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer):

http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS/MODIS.html

 

MODIS Airborne Simulator (MAS):

http://ltpwww.gsfc.nasa.gov/MODIS/MAS/Home.html

 

NASA:

http://www.nasa.gov/

 

NASA/Goddard Space Flight Center:

http://www.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

NOAA:

http://www.noaa.gov/

 

NOAA's geostationary and polar-orbiting satellites:

http://140.90.207.25:8080/EBB/ml/genlsatl.html

 

NESDIS (National Environmental Satellite, Data, and Information Service):

http://ns.noaa.gov/NESDIS/NESDIS_Home.html

 

NOAA-K /NOAA-15,-L,-M series:

http://140.90.207.25:8080/EBB/ml/nic121.html

 

NOAA-15:

http://www.noaanews.noaa.gov/stories/s84.htm

 

POLDER (POLarization and Directionality of the Earth's Reflectance):

http://polder@www-projet.cst.cnes.fr:8060/

 

Radar / microwave remote sensing:

http://southport.jpl.nasa.gov

 

RADARSAT:

http://radarsat.space.gc.ca/

 

Remote sensing core curriculum:

http://research.umbc.edu/~tbenja1/

 

Remote sensing tutorial:

http://code935.gsfc.nasa.gov/Tutorial/TofC/Coverpage.html

 

SeaWiFS Project:

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/SEAWIFS.html

 

SeaWiFS NDVI images:

http://seawifs.gsfc.nasa.gov/cgibrs/level3.pl?DAY=&PER=&TYP=ndvi

 

Space Shuttle:

http://shuttle.nasa.gov/

 

Spacelink Aeronautics and Space Educator's Resource:

http://spacelink.msfc.nasa.gov/.index.html

 

SPOT (System Probatoire d'Observation de la Terre):

http://www.spot.com/

 

TDRSS (Tracking and Data Relay Satellite System) information:

http://leonardo.jpl.nasa.gov/msl/QuickLooks/tdrssQL.html

 

TRMM (Tropical Rainfall Measuring Mission):

http://trmm.gsfc.nasa.gov/

 

UCSB Dept. of Geography Remote Sensing Research Unit:

http://rsrunt.geog.ucsb.edu/

 

UMCP Dept. of Geography Laboratory for Global Remote Sensing Studies:

http://www.inform.umd.edu/Geography/LGRSS/

 

UNL (University of Nebraska at Lincoln) Terrestrial Remote Sensing:

http://doppler.unl.edu/html/terr-projects.html

 

USDA Agricultural Research Center Remote Sensing and Modeling Lab

http://www.arsusda.gov/rsml/rsmlhome.html

 

VCL (Vegetation Canopy Lidar):

http://essp.gsfc.nasa.gov/vcl/