Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring
Satellite imagery is a valuable tool for environmental monitoring of natural and man-made events. Analysis of imagery within a few hours is vital if these data are to be used to respond to rapidly changing conditions. Since April of 1982 Landsat imagery from the Quick-Look Project at the Geophysical...
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ftdtic:ADP007278 2023-05-15T15:12:05+02:00 Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring George, Tom Reynolds, Greta Dean, Ken Miller, John ALASKA UNIV FAIRBANKS GEOPHYSICAL INST 1992-03 text/html http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007278 http://oai.dtic.mil/oai/oai?&verb=getRecord&metadataPrefix=html&identifier=ADP007278 en eng http://www.dtic.mil/docs/citations/ADP007278 APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE DTIC AND NTIS Meteorology Cartography and Aerial Photography Snow Ice and Permafrost *MONITORING *SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES ALASKA ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES FOREST FIRES FORESTS GLOBAL HAZARDS HIGH RESOLUTION ICE MECHANICS OBSERVATION REAL TIME RESOLUTION SEA ICE SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GREENHOUSE EFFECT DATA ACQUISITION RADIOMETERS *Global climate change Component Reports Text 1992 ftdtic 2016-02-19T17:39:13Z Satellite imagery is a valuable tool for environmental monitoring of natural and man-made events. Analysis of imagery within a few hours is vital if these data are to be used to respond to rapidly changing conditions. Since April of 1982 Landsat imagery from the Quick-Look Project at the Geophysical Institute has been available for real-time applications. The system provides near real-time Landsat MSS imagery for applications including monitoring flood hazards, sea ice motion, forest fires and agricultural development. As we move into the 1990s additional satellites with new sensors are being launched which will provide more opportunities for near real-time use. To take advantage of the sensors, additional facilities are needed to receive, process and deliver the data in a timely fashion. Candidate sensors and spacecraft include Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) on Landsat-6; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA polar orbiting satellites; SPOT; Japan's Meteorological Observation Satellite (MOS); OPS (Optical Sensor) on the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1) and the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). Ongoing projects, such as the Alaska SAR Facility, can provide some components of a multiple satellite receiving system. Such a capability will provide a valuable source of data to study global change in the Arctic. We will describe the capabilities required to use satellite data for environmental monitoring Text Arctic Climate change Ice permafrost Sea ice Alaska Defense Technical Information Center: DTIC Technical Reports database Arctic |
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Meteorology Cartography and Aerial Photography Snow Ice and Permafrost *MONITORING *SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES ALASKA ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES FOREST FIRES FORESTS GLOBAL HAZARDS HIGH RESOLUTION ICE MECHANICS OBSERVATION REAL TIME RESOLUTION SEA ICE SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GREENHOUSE EFFECT DATA ACQUISITION RADIOMETERS *Global climate change Component Reports |
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Meteorology Cartography and Aerial Photography Snow Ice and Permafrost *MONITORING *SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES ALASKA ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES FOREST FIRES FORESTS GLOBAL HAZARDS HIGH RESOLUTION ICE MECHANICS OBSERVATION REAL TIME RESOLUTION SEA ICE SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GREENHOUSE EFFECT DATA ACQUISITION RADIOMETERS *Global climate change Component Reports George, Tom Reynolds, Greta Dean, Ken Miller, John Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring |
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Meteorology Cartography and Aerial Photography Snow Ice and Permafrost *MONITORING *SATELLITE PHOTOGRAPHY *METEOROLOGICAL SATELLITES ALASKA ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES FOREST FIRES FORESTS GLOBAL HAZARDS HIGH RESOLUTION ICE MECHANICS OBSERVATION REAL TIME RESOLUTION SEA ICE SPACECRAFT ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT GREENHOUSE EFFECT DATA ACQUISITION RADIOMETERS *Global climate change Component Reports |
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Satellite imagery is a valuable tool for environmental monitoring of natural and man-made events. Analysis of imagery within a few hours is vital if these data are to be used to respond to rapidly changing conditions. Since April of 1982 Landsat imagery from the Quick-Look Project at the Geophysical Institute has been available for real-time applications. The system provides near real-time Landsat MSS imagery for applications including monitoring flood hazards, sea ice motion, forest fires and agricultural development. As we move into the 1990s additional satellites with new sensors are being launched which will provide more opportunities for near real-time use. To take advantage of the sensors, additional facilities are needed to receive, process and deliver the data in a timely fashion. Candidate sensors and spacecraft include Enhanced Thematic Mapper (ETM) on Landsat-6; Advanced Very High Resolution Radiometer (AVHRR) on the NOAA polar orbiting satellites; SPOT; Japan's Meteorological Observation Satellite (MOS); OPS (Optical Sensor) on the Japanese Earth Resources Satellite-1 (JERS-1) and the Advanced Earth Observing Satellite (ADEOS). Ongoing projects, such as the Alaska SAR Facility, can provide some components of a multiple satellite receiving system. Such a capability will provide a valuable source of data to study global change in the Arctic. We will describe the capabilities required to use satellite data for environmental monitoring |
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George, Tom Reynolds, Greta Dean, Ken Miller, John |
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Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring |
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Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring |
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Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring |
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Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring |
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Quick-Look Satellite Imagery for Alaska: A Tool for Environmental Monitoring |
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quick-look satellite imagery for alaska: a tool for environmental monitoring |
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1992 |
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Arctic Climate change Ice permafrost Sea ice Alaska |
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Arctic Climate change Ice permafrost Sea ice Alaska |
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