Remote Sensing with Special Reference to Agriculture and ForestryUSES, potentialites, and needs in agriculture and forestry. Imaging with photographic sensors. Imagin with nonphotographi sensors. Applications of remote sensing in agriculture and forestry. Physical and physiological properties. Soil, water, and plant relations. Field spectroscopy. Sampling and statistical problems. Research needs: the influence of discrimination, data processing, and system desing. |
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USES POTENTIALITIES AND NEEDS | 1 |
World FoodPopulation Disparity | 7 |
LandUse Inventories Soil Surveys Crop Condition Estimates | 23 |
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absorption acreage aerial photographs aerial photos agricultural aircraft angle antenna aperture atmospheric bands blackbody camera canopy changes Chapter characteristics chlorophyll cotton crop curves density detection detector determined developed discrimination E-3 process effective temperature effects Ektachrome electromagnetic spectrum emittance energy Equation estimate factors farm field of view filter forest frame ground imagery indicated Infrared Ektachrome instrument irradiance laboratory leaf temperature leaves livestock measurements mesophyll microwave moisture moisture stress near-infrared object obtained optical panchromatic percent photo interpreter plant Plate plots polarization radar radiance range Rayleigh scattering region relative remote sensing resolution salinity sampling units scanner scanning scattering scene sensitive sensors shown in Figure shows signal simple random sampling soil soil salinity solar radiation spectral radiance spectral reflectance spectrometer spectrophotometer spectrum statistics surface survey techniques thermal tion transmittance transpiration trees ultraviolet University variance vegetation visible wave wavelength wheat yield