Remote Sensing What can we do with it?
The early years
Yellowstone Fires 1988, Recorded 7/2001
How it works Incoming solar energy Reflecting surfaces Scatter, absorb, and reflect light
Electromagnetic Energy and surface reflectance
Spectral Reflectance
Progression of common satellites MSS spatial scale 20m, TM 30m
Satellite Sensors SatelliteSpatial Resolution Spectral Resolution QuickBird1-4meters µ m Ikonos1&21-4meters µ m SPOTHR-XS10-20meters µ m LANDSAT TM 7(1)15m µ m (2,3,4,5,7) 30m.525 – 2.35 µ m (6)60m µ m AVRIS20m224 bands
Sun Synchronous Orbital Flight Row and Path
TM 30 meter multi-spectral imagery
Keweenaw Peninsula, bands 2, 3 and 4 provide a color composite
Summer AVHRR Composite Spatial Scale 1km
New Technologies
AVRIS Spectra
AVRIS Hyperspectral Cube Airborne Visible/Infrared Imaging Spectrometer 224 spectral channels 400 – 2500 nm spectral resolution, 20 meter ground resolution. Brine Shrimp pond
Lidar Light Detection and Ranging Visible portion of spectrum Excellent opportunities for vertical dimensions not for horizontal Data from Lefsky et al