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Remote sensing
The process of detecting and monitoring the physical characteristics of an area by measuring its reflected and emitted radiation at a distance from the targeted area. Remote sensing is used in this thesaurus to refer to methods that are solely or primarily deployed through air or space. Included in this concept are studies of biological populations using remote imaging techniques. Related methods which are used most frequently on the ground (e.g. photography), whether underwater, from airplanes or satellites, are not included in the term "remote sensing."
Subtopics:
Aeromagnetic surveying (9 items)
Aeroradiometric surveying (1 items)
Hyperspectral imaging (3 items)
IFSAR (4 items)
Infrared imaging (11 items)
LIDAR (3 items)
Microwave imaging (1 items)
Multispectral imaging (10 items)
Panchromatic imaging (1 items)
Radar imaging (1 items)
Thermal imaging (1 items)
Visible light imaging (1 items)

Satellite images (31 items)
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San Francisco Bay: Central Bay region multibeam backscatter and bathymetry mosaics [New Window]
Landsat TM and bathymetry mosaic images of sediment and pollutant transport in central San Francisco Bay.
South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) projects by region [New Window]
Listing of South Florida Information Access (SOFIA) projects by region
Spectroscopy Lab [New Window]
Links to Spectroscopy Lab projects to identify and map materials through spectroscopic remote sensing (imaging spectroscopy, hyperspectral imaging, imaging spectrometry, ultraspectral imaging, etc) on the Earth and in space.
Spectroscopy of rocks and minerals, and principles of spectroscopy [New Window]
Technical review of the principles of spectroscopy and its use in identifying minerals and other materials.
Teacher's guide to the San Francisco Bay area geophysics maps (U.S. Geological Survey GP-1006 and GP-1007) [New Window]
This publication (Open-File Report 95-479) is a teacher's guide to two U.S. Geological Survey maps that show gravity and magnetic data in contour form superimposed on a LANDSAT satellite image of the San Francisco Bay area.
TerraWeb [New Window]
Terrestrial remote sensing program with links to coastal and marine, arid and semi-arid, other land environmental data and digital image products plus software Mini Image Processing Sensing System (MIPS).
TerraWeb for kids [New Window]
Satellite images of Earth geared to children.
Water resources maps and geographic information systems (GIS) information [New Window]
Portal for links to United State water resources maps and geographic information systems (GIS) data for the United States for viewing or downloading.
Western Region geophysical investigations by the Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park, Calif. (GUMP) [New Window]
Overview of the research group Geophysical Unit of Menlo Park (GUMP) with links to studies, models, and maps on gravity and geomagnetism in Nevada, California, Oregon, Washington and the U.S.
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