Space Informatics for Sustainable Development

ISBN-13: 9789054107743 / Angielski / Twarda / 1998 / 268 str.

S. Murai;R.B. Singh;S. Murai

Opis

This text deals with the subject of remote sensing, and the use of technology to aid environmental maintenance. Topics covered include a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system, and the monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery.

Spis treści

Global deforestation and global land degradation; relative radiometric normalization of Landsat Multispectral Scanner (MSS) data using an automatic scattergram - controlled regression; land use and global environment conservation - a modelling approach; a microcomputer based grassland local administration support system; Earth science data and information technology network development in India; monitoring of Himalayan cryosphere using satellite imagery; assessing desertification in arid Australia using satellite data; the integration of remotely sensed data into GIS; automatic detection of forest fires using satellite images. (Part contents).

O autorze

S. Murai, R.B. Singh