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Research and Development
Remote sensing research and development is performed by the Environmental Sciences Division through the Landscape Ecology and Landscape Characterization Branches and the Environmental Photographic Interpretation Center (EPIC). Research and development involves the scientific evaluation of existing and developing air- and space-borne remote sensing systems and data in order to determine their utility for providing information at multiple scales about the earth, its ecological resources, and impacts on these resources through natural and human-induced processes.
Active Research Projects
- Remote Sensing for Detecting Swine Animal Feeding Operations (Poster PDF, 1 page, 219 KB)
- Imaging Spectroscopy for detecting fugitive
environmental contaminants
- The Detection and Mapping of Impervious
Surfaces: a Multi-date, Multi-scale, Multi-sensor Approach in a Mid-Atlantic
Sub-Watershed
- The Use of Thermal AVHRR Imagery To Construct An Estimator of Seasonal Heat Budgets for Large Lakes in North America