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Determine the utility of erts-1 imagery in the preparation of hydrologic atlases of arid land watersheds (Document No: 19730009623)
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Owen, J. R. |
| Copyright Year | 1973 |
| Description | The author has identified the following significant results. The 9x9-inch transparencies from the ERTS-1 system seem to have better contrast in vegetation and drainage features than the 70-mm transparencies. This imagery can be magnified about eight times before it becomes excessively grainy. Imagery in band 7 appears to be the best single band product for viewing landform-water complexes. Band 5 best defines vegetation patterns. Multispectral color-additive viewing would appear to improve the separation of vegetation types where the vegetation exhibits moderate to strong infrared reflectance. Multispectral viewing did not appear to improve relief of drainage channel detail. False-color aerial infrared photographs at a scale of 1:120,000 for the Utah test site are excellent quality and can be magnified as much as 15 times without serious loss of contrast or excessive fuzziness. In desert areas with sparse to moderate shrub cover, the contrast between the soil background and the plant cover is so low that texture cannot be seen, even under high magnification. In areas of higher rainfall during the summer it is possible to discriminate coniferous and deciduous trees, grass, and shrub communities and to identify different rangeland treatment practices. |
| File Size | 135049 |
| Page Count | 3 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19730009623 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t3rv5b12h |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1973-01-01 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Geophysics Arid Lands Hydrology Landforms Earth Resources Program Drainage Patterns Watersheds Vegetation Aerial Photography Catalogs Publications Imagery Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Technical Report |
