Earth Observation Systems for Resource Management and Environmental Control

1. Front Matter

   Pages i-xii

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2. Overview Summary Report

   1. Conclusions and Recommendations

      • Donald J. Clough, Lawrence W. Morley

      Pages 1-15

3. Summary Reports of Working Groups

   1. Summary Report A Platforms and Sensors

      • B. P. Miller, Vincent J. Cardone, Donald J. Clough, J. D’Hoore, Hervé Guichard

      Pages 17-25

   2. Summary Report B Data Handling Systems

      • Charles Sheffield, A. D. Kirwan, Archibald B. Park, Philip A. Lapp, Robert E. Stevenson

      Pages 27-34

   3. Summary Report C Management Information Systems

      • Paul G. Teleki, R. A. G. Savigear, Eric C. Barrett, Sigfrid Schneider, Gerhardt Hildebrandt, Stanley E. Wasserman et al.

      Pages 35-41

   4. Summary Report D Socio-Economic Systems Aspects

      • S. Galli de Paratesi, Peter W. Anderson, Wolfgang Baier, Charles Buffalano, Robert N. Colwell, John M. DeNoyer et al.

      Pages 43-50

   5. Summary Report 1 Atmospheric Applications

      • Vincent J. Cardone, Wolfgang Baier, Eric C. Barrett, Charles Sheffield, Stanley E. Wasserman, Paul M. Wolff

      Pages 51-56

   6. Summary Report 2 Land Applications

      • Gerd Hildebrandt, Robert N. Colwell, John M. DeNoyer, S. Galli de Paratesi, James J. Gehrig, J. A. Howard et al.

      Pages 57-66

   7. Summary Report 3 Ocean Applications

      • Eric S. Posmentier, Peter W. Anderson, A. D. Kirwan, Robert E. Stevenson, Donald J. Clough, Paul G. Teleki

      Pages 67-72

   8. Summary Report 4 Evaluation Methodology

      • Charles Buffalano, J. D’Hoore, B. P. Miller, Hans Heyman, Lawrence W. Morley, Philip A. Lapp et al.

      Pages 73-77

4. Background Papers

   1. Earth Observation and Information Systems

      • Donald J. Clough, Lawrence W. Morley

      Pages 79-103

   2. EPA’s Use of Remote Sensing in Ocean Monitoring

      • Peter W. Anderson, John P. Mugler

      Pages 105-121

   3. Information Requirements for Regional and Global Operational Systems in Agricultural Meteorology

      • Wolfgang Baier

      Pages 123-144

   4. Identifying the Optimum System for Observing Earth

      • Eric C. Barrett

      Pages 145-162

   5. Benefits of LANDSAT Follow-on (Operational System)

      • Charles Buffalano

      Pages 163-168

   6. Satellite Observation Systems and Environmental Forecasts, Progress and Prospects

      • Vincent J. Cardone

      Pages 169-181

   7. Some Considerations Relative to the Making of Globally Uniform Resource Inventories by Remote Sensing

      • Robert N. Colwell

      Pages 183-211

   8. Data Processing and Distribution for Earth Observation Satellites

      • John M. DeNoyer

      Pages 213-217

   9. Soil Diagnosis through Remote Sensing

      • J. L. D’Hoore

      Pages 219-228

   10. Development and Prospects of Remote Sensing Applied to European Renewable Earth Resources

       • S. Galli de Paratesi

       Pages 229-241

The NATO Science Committee and its subsidiary Programme Panels provide support for Advanced Research Institutes (ARI) in various fields. The idea is to bring together scientists of a chosen field with the hope that they will achieve a consensus on research direc­ tions for the future, and make recommendations for the benefit of a wider scientific community. Attendance is therefore limited to those whose experience and expertise make the conclusions significant and acceptable to the wider community. Participants are selected on the basis of substantial track records in research or in the synthesis of research results to serve mankind. The proposal for a one-week ARIon Earth Observation and In­ formation Systems was initiated by the NATO Special Programme Panel on Systems Science (SPPOSS). In approving the ARI, the senior NATO Science Committee identified the subject as one of universal impor­ tance, requiring a broad perspective on the development of opera­ tional systems based on successful experimental systems. The general purpose of this ARI was to address the critical problems of integrating the relatively new science and technology of remote sensing into operational earth observation and manage­ ment information systems. The main problems of concern were those related to systems design, organization, development of infrastruc­ ture, and use of information in decision processes. The main empha­ sis was on problems of transferring technologies and methods from experimental to operational systems.

• development
• environment
• formation
• organization
• production
• remote sensing
• research
• soil

• University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Canada

  Donald J. Clough

• Canada Centre for Remote Sensing, Ottawa, Canada

  Lawrence W. Morley

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