Space-based remote sensing of the Earth: a report to the Congress
The legislation calling for the commercialization of the Landsat Satellites, Public Law 98-365 requires that the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) jointly prepare and submit to the Congress a biennial series of reports on remote-sensing research and development applied to the Earth and its atmosphere. The report responds to the 1985 and 1987 Congressional reporting requirements and reviews ongoing Federal research programs in the remote sensing of land, oceans, and atmosphere. The report discusses objectives, progress, and accomplishments as of May 1, 1987. It identifies major gaps in the knowledge of the Earth and its atmosphere and derives a series of space-based measurement objectives. The near-term (approximately through 1992) space-observations programs of the United States and other countries are detailed. The report represents the start of the planning process to develop an integrated national program for research and development in Earth remote sensing for the remainder of the century and describes the many existing and proposed satellite and sensor systems that the program may include.
- Research Organization:
- National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, Rockville, MD (USA)
- OSTI ID:
- 5377913
- Report Number(s):
- PB-88-159595/XAB
- Country of Publication:
- United States
- Language:
- English
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LANDSAT SATELLITES
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