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Author:   N.P. Kozlov ,  Y. V. Kathavate
Publisher:   A A Balkema Publishers
Imprint:   A A Balkema Publishers
Volume:   v. 89
Weight:   0.752kg
ISBN:  

9789061911371

ISBN 10:   9061911370
Pages:   287
Publication Date:   01 January 1991
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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PREFACE INTRODUCTION CHAPTER 1. PHYSICAL PRINCIPLES OF REMOTE SENSING OF THE ENVIRONMENT 1.1. Spectral Characteristics of Natural Objects in the Optical Range 1.2. Atmospheric Distortion CHAPTER 2. ARTIFICIAL SATELLITES OF THE EARTH, METEOR AND METEOR-PRIRODA 2.1. Requirements of Spacecraft Designed to Study the Natural Resources of the Earth 2.2. Design of Spacecraft 2.3. Stages of Development of the Meteor Priroda Program CHAPTER 3. RADIO-TELEVISION COMPLEXES OF METEOR-PRIRODA SATELLITES 3.1. Operational Radio-Television Complex of Priroda 3.2. Experimental Spaceborne Information Complex (BIK-E) 3.3. Experimental Information and Measuring Complex Multispectral Scanner System Fragment CHAPTER 4. COLLECTION OF SUBSATELLITE INFORMATION 4.1. Additional Data Bank 4.2. Technical Methods for Information Collection 4.3. Complex Subsatellite Experiments CHAPTER 5. DIGITAL PROCESSING OF SPATIAL MULTISPECTRAL VIDEO INFORMATION 5.1. Procedures to Improve the Quality of Multispectral Information 5.2. Procedures of Compression and Coding 5.3. Procedures of Geometric Transformations 5.4. Procedures for Radiation Correction 5.5. Procedures of Thematically-oriented Transformations 5.6. Procedures of Optimal Representation 5.7. The Procedure for Selecting Space Criteria 5.8. The Procedure of Textural Analysis 5.9. The Procedure of Recognition 5.10. Peculiarities of the Interactive Regime of the Processing of Images CHAPTER 6. STUDY OF NATURAL TERRITORIAL COMPLEXES 6.1. Natural Territorial Complexes of the Nonchernozem Belt 6.2. The Zones of Development of the Baikal[1]Amur Highway 6.3. The Putoran Plateau 6.4. Natural Territorial Complexes of Altai Krai CHAPTER 7. STUDY OF THE STATE OF SOIL AND PLANT COVER 7.1. Study of Soil Cover 7.2. Study of the State of Forest Vegetation 7.3. Use of Satellite Information to Evaluate the State of Desert and Pasture Vegetation 7.4. Assessment of the State of Agricultural Holdings and the Course of Agricultural Operations CHAPTER 8. SATELLITE INFORMATION FOR HYDROLOGIC PURPOSES 8.1. Snow Cover on Drainage Basins 8.2. Ice Conditions in Reservoirs 8.3. Estimation of Overflows and Inundation of Flood-plains 8.4. Automated Processing of Satellite Data for Hydrologic Purposes CHAPTER 9. USE OF SATELLITE INFORMATION IN THE VISIBLE AND INFRARED RANGES IN OCEANOGRAPHY 9.1. The Present Status of Space Oceanography 9.2. Observations of Ice Conditions on Seas and Oceans, Investigations of the Distribution and Dynamics of Sea Ice 9.3. Investigation of Eddy Formations, Local Fronts and Internal Waves 9.4. Investigation of Water Masses with Different Optical Characteristics. Determination of Plankton and Suspension Fields 9.5. Use of Satellite Digital Maps of Water Surface Temperature in Regional Oceanographic Investigations CHAPTER 10. MONITORING ANTHROPOGENIC EFFECT ON THE ENVIRONMENT CHAPTER 11. USE OF SPACEBORNE MULTISPECTRAL SCANNER PHOTOGRAPHS IN GEOLOGY 11.1. Geological Information Content of Space[1]borne Multispectral Scanner Photographs 11.2. Stages and Sequence of Geological Interpretation of Spaceborne Scanner Photographs 11.3. Use of Spaceborne Scanner Photographs in Geology CONCLUSION.

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N.P. Kozlov, Doctor of Technical Sciences, Vice-chairman of the State Committee of the USSR for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Protection.

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