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Support for global science: remote sensing's challenge
| Content Provider | NASA Technical Reports Server (NTRS) |
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| Author | Estes, J. E. Star, J. L. |
| Copyright Year | 1986 |
| Description | Remote sensing uses a wide variety of techniques and methods. Resulting data are analyzed by man and machine, using both analog and digital technology. The newest and most important initiatives in the U. S. civilian space program currently revolve around the space station complex, which includes the core station as well as co-orbiting and polar satellite platforms. This proposed suite of platforms and support systems offers a unique potential for facilitating long term, multidisciplinary scientific investigations on a truly global scale. Unlike previous generations of satellites, designed for relatively limited constituencies, the space station offers the potential to provide an integrated source of information which recognizes the scientific interest in investigating the dynamic coupling between the oceans, land surface, and atmosphere. Earth scientist already face problems that are truly global in extent. Problems such as the global carbon balance, regional deforestation, and desertification require new approaches, which combine multidisciplinary, multinational research teams, employing advanced technologies to produce a type, quantity, and quality of data not previously available. The challenge before the international scientific community is to continue to develop both the infrastructure and expertise to, on the one hand, develop the science and technology of remote sensing, while on the other hand, develop an integrated understanding of global life support systems, and work toward a quantiative science of the biosphere. |
| File Size | 1145276 |
| Page Count | 13 |
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| Alternate Webpage(s) | http://archive.org/details/NASA_NTRS_Archive_19860023392 |
| Archival Resource Key | ark:/13960/t43r5rc5r |
| Language | English |
| Publisher Date | 1986-01-05 |
| Access Restriction | Open |
| Subject Keyword | Earth Resources And Remote Sensing Scatterometers Radiometers International Cooperation Atmospheric Models Technology Assessment Altimeters Goals Remote Sensing Optical Radar Space Stations Synthetic Aperture Radar Ntrs Nasa Technical Reports Server (ntrs) Nasa Technical Reports Server Aerodynamics Aircraft Aerospace Engineering Aerospace Aeronautic Space Science |
| Content Type | Text |
| Resource Type | Article |
