Remote sensing /

• Main Authors: Svensson, Harald., Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories (U.S.)
• Format: Text
• Language: English
• Subjects: Remote sensing; Natural resources; Aerial reconnaissance; Somerville; Surtsey; Antarc*; Antarctica; Iceland
• Online Access: http://hdl.handle.net/2027/mdp.39015095133784

The parts of the electromagnetic spectrum are discussed, with the type(s) of sensor(s) required to record energy in each part. A review is given of the classes of airborne (and satellite) remote sensor data which are available to geoscientists. Different types of remote sensor data are described and examples provided, including panchromatic, infrared, color, and color infrared aerial photography (Kullaberg, Sweden); multispectral aerial photography (with importance of optimum film/filter combination for specific phenomena); airborne thermal infrared imagery (Kullaberg, Sweden and Surtsey, Iceland); side-looking airborne radar (Tuskahoma Syncline, Oklahoma); and radio sounding of glacial ice (Antarctica). The projected future increase in amount of remote sensor data will require computer processing techniques, although man will serve the most important role in the analysis and use of remote sensor information of the earth's surface. Translation supported by the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories, Office of Aerospace Research, United States Air Force (L.G. Hanscom Field, Mass.), and translated by the Translation Center of New England, Somerville, Massachusetts. Translated from Forskaning och Fromsteg, No. 5, pp. 10-19, 1969. AFCRL Research Laboratory Project 7628. AD0707824 (from http://www.dtic.mil). "May 1970." The parts of the electromagnetic spectrum are discussed, with the type(s) of sensor(s) required to record energy in each part. A review is given of the classes of airborne (and satellite) remote sensor data which are available to geoscientists. Different types of remote sensor data are described and examples provided, including panchromatic, infrared, color, and color infrared aerial photography (Kullaberg, Sweden); multispectral aerial photography (with importance of optimum film/filter combination for specific phenomena); airborne thermal infrared imagery (Kullaberg, Sweden and Surtsey, Iceland); side-looking airborne radar (Tuskahoma Syncline, Oklahoma); and radio sounding of glacial ice (Antarctica). The projected future increase in amount of remote sensor data will require computer processing techniques, although man will serve the most important role in the analysis and use of remote sensor information of the earth's surface. Mode of access: Internet.