Publication Date:
2019-07-13
Description:
Analysis of ERTS-I imagery to delimit, map, and monitor photomorphic regions of landscape dynamics is illustrated. Satellite observations were made over strip mining areas on the Cumberland Plateau of Tennessee; agricultural regions in Tennessee, Kentucky, and portions of northern Alabama and Mississippi; urban-suburban growth areas in Knoxville; and flooded areas within the Mississippi River floodplain. Production and analysis of maps of these areas made from ERTS imagery and RB-57 high altitude aircraft imagery are described and compared. The difficulties encountered in analyzing landscape change in or near urban areas are enumerated (small area size, extreme density of settlement, high reflectance characteristics), and the significance of the results of this investigation is noted.
Keywords:
EARTH RESOURCES AND REMOTE SENSING
Type:
Remote sensing of earth resources. Volume 3 - Third Conference on Earth Resources Observation and Information Analysis System; Mar 25, 1974 - Mar 27, 1974; Tullahoma, TN
Format:
text
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